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Author Moore, Stephen T. (Stephen Timothy), 1969-

Title Bootleggers and borders : the paradox of prohibition on a Canada-U.S. borderland / Stephen T. Moore
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (xix, 239 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Creating a Smuggler's Paradise -- 2. A Cross-Border Crusade -- 3. Refugees from Volstead -- 4. The Halcyon Days of Rum-Running -- 5. Symbol of Sovereignty -- 6. The Beryl G (and Second Thoughts) -- 7. Customs Scandals (and More Second Thoughts) -- 8. Neighbors and Neighbours -- 9. British Columbia and the Origins of American Repeal
Summary "Between 1920 and 1933 the issue of prohibition proved to be the greatest challenge to Canada-U.S. relations. When the United States adopted national prohibition in 1920--ironically, just as Canada was abandoning its own national and provincial experiments with prohibition--U.S. tourists and dollars promptly headed north and Canadian liquor went south. Despite repeated efforts, Americans were unable to secure Canadian assistance in enforcing American prohibition laws until 1930. Bootleggers and Borders explores the important but surprisingly overlooked Canada-U.S. relationship in the Pacific Northwest during Prohibition. Stephen T. Moore maintains that the reason Prohibition created such an intractable problem lies not with the relationship between Ottawa and Washington DC but with everyday operations experienced at the border level, where foreign relations are conducted according to different methods and rules and are informed by different assumptions, identities, and cultural values. Through an exploration of border relations in the Pacific Northwest, Bootleggers and Borders offers insight not only into the Canada-U.S. relationship but also into the subtle but important differences in the tactics Canadians and Americans employed when confronted with similar problems. Ultimately, British Columbia's method of addressing temperance provided the United States with a model that would become central to its abandonment and replacement of Prohibition."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Prohibition -- Northwest, Pacific
Prohibition -- United States
HISTORY -- Canada -- Post-Confederation (1867- )
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th century.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Pacific Northwest (OR, Wash.)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Boundaries
International relations
Prohibition
SUBJECT Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century
Canada -- Relations -- United States
United States -- Relations -- Canada
United States -- Boundaries -- Canada. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139916
Canada -- Boundaries -- United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006005901
Subject Canada
Pacific Northwest
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780803267862
080326786X
0803267843
9780803267848