A Thousand Thirsty Beaches (eBook)

Smuggling Alcohol from Cuba to the South during Prohibition

Lisa Lindquist Dorr (Autor)

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2018
312 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-4328-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Lisa Lindquist Dorr tells the story of the vast smuggling network that brought high-end distilled spirits and, eventually, other cargoes (including undocumented immigrants) from Great Britain and Europe through Cuba to the United States between 1920 and the end of Prohibition. Because of their proximity to liquor-exporting islands, the numerous beaches along the southern coast presented ideal landing points for smugglers and distribution points for their supply networks. From the warehouses of liquor wholesalers in Havana to the decks of rum runners to transportation networks heading northward, Dorr explores these operations, from the people who ran the trade to the determined efforts of the U.S. Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies to stop liquor traffic on the high seas, in Cuba, and in southern communities. In the process, she shows the role smuggling played in creating a more transnational, enterprising, and modern South.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.10.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 16 halftones, 1 map, notes, bibl., index
• Verlagsort: Chapel Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Schlagworte: 18th amendment • Alcohol • Bootlegging and bootleggers • consumption • Cuba • Havana • Immigration • Liquor • Miami, Florida • Mobile, Alabama • New Orleans, Louisiana • Prohibition • rum runner • Smuggling • South • Tampa, Florida • Temperance • Tourism • U.S. Coast Guard • Volstead Act
• ISBN-10: 1-4696-4328-6 / 1469643286
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-4328-1 / 9781469643281