Carson, Gerald. The Social History of Bourbon: An Unhurried Account of Our Star-Spangled American Drink. Foreword by Mike Veach. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2010. Originally published 1963.
Pools and trusts attempted to control output and prices, closing inefficient distilleries and concentrating industrial alcohol production amid intimidation and legal attack.
Gerald Carson, The Social History of Bourbon: An Unhurried Account of Our Star-Spangled American Drink (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky,2010; text originally1963), PDF sheets 147–154 (supplied303-sheet screenshot PDF; not print pagination).
Gerald Carson, The Social History of Bourbon: An Unhurried Account of Our Star-Spangled American Drink (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky,2010; text originally1963), PDF sheets 147–154 (supplied303-sheet screenshot PDF; not print pagination).
PDF sheet 154
PDF sheet 147
Carson, Social History of Bourbon, PDF sheets 147–154.
Chapter 12 — The Highwine Trust
2026-09-29: corrected opening-only locator to the chapter-level paraphrase range. Distinguish acquired distilleries from operating plants150 and brands from plants154; consolidation is not equivalent to production output. Ready only for attributed representation of this source, not clearance of all historical claims.