Offringa — Prohibition changed institutions, markets, and post-Repeal industry structure
Offringa — Prohibition changed institutions, markets, and post-Repeal industry structure

Offringa — Prohibition changed institutions, markets, and post-Repeal industry structure

Annotation

PDF184 actually prints4.5%ABV for Prohibition: the National Archives transcription gives0.5%, so this is a source error. WCTU founding/presidency, Billy Sunday's dates, Capone anecdotes and agency succession are not retained as verified facts. Broad restructuring is illustrative corroboration, not independent causal proof.

Challenges Claims
Citations
Offringa 2017 — Prohibition and aftermath — questions 178–185 / PDF sheets 182–193Offringa 2017 — Prohibition and aftermath — questions 178–185 / PDF sheets 182–193
Context

English-language image-only PDF; locator uses PDF-sheet number because printed page numbers are absent from the electronic edition.

Excerpt ID
1185
Excerpt Text

The Prohibition sequence covers constitutional and statutory enactment, temperance organizations and advocates, organized crime, smuggling, repeal, the Federal Alcohol Control Administration, and post-Repeal consolidation. It presents repeal as the beginning of a rebuilt and structurally changed industry rather than a return to the pre-1920 status quo.

Literature Notes
A Field Guide to Whisky — Literature NoteA Field Guide to Whisky — Literature Note
Locator End

PDF sheet 193

Locator Start

PDF sheet 182

Locator Type
Page
Originating Working Notes
Page (text)
Source
No access
Source Section

Chapter 3 — Prohibition

Supports Claims
Prohibition reshaped American whiskey beyond repealProhibition reshaped American whiskey beyond repealProhibition and the capital-intensive Repeal economy concentrated control in fewer well-financed firmsProhibition and the capital-intensive Repeal economy concentrated control in fewer well-financed firms
Tags
ProhibitionProhibitionAmerican Whiskey History and CultureAmerican Whiskey History and CultureDistilleries, Brands, and IndustryDistilleries, Brands, and Industry
Verification Notes

September29 fresh review: all423PDFsheets read;27visualsurveys and35enlargedpages inspected; exact ranges retained. Verified means faithful source attribution and locator, not endorsement of all source claims.

Verification Status
Verified

Evidence

The Prohibition sequence covers constitutional and statutory enactment, temperance organizations and advocates, organized crime, smuggling, repeal, the Federal Alcohol Control Administration, and post-Repeal consolidation. It presents repeal as the beginning of a rebuilt and structurally changed industry rather than a return to the pre-1920 status quo.

Location and context

Hans Offringa, A Field Guide to Whisky (Artisan, 2017), PDF sheet 182–193; Chapter 3 — Prohibition. These are supplied-PDF sheet numbers, not print pages.

Critical assessment

PDF184 actually prints4.5%ABV for Prohibition: the National Archives transcription gives0.5%, so this is a source error. WCTU founding/presidency, Billy Sunday's dates, Capone anecdotes and agency succession are not retained as verified facts. Broad restructuring is illustrative corroboration, not independent causal proof.

Provenance and verification

Full literature review. Source relationship and original evidence identity preserved. September 29 full-copy reading and visual audit completed; Verified refers to source fidelity and retrievability, not automatic factual endorsement.