A Nation of Scofflaws /

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Imprint:	New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2013], ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (120 min.)) : sound, color.
Language:	English
Series:	Prohibition: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Prohibition.
Subject:	Alcoholic beverage law violations. Alcoholism. Depressions -- 1929. Prohibition -- United States. Alcoholic beverage law violations. Alcoholism. Depressions. Prohibition. United States -- History. United States. Educational films. Internet videos. Educational films. History. Internet videos. Educational films. Internet videos.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13256856

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Other authors / contributors:	Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) Films Media Group. Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Notes:	Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on December 08, 2013. Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Title from distributor's description.
Summary:	On January 16, 1920, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution goes into effect, making it illegal to manufacture, transport, or sell intoxicating liquor. As millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight, enforcement of the new law is almost impossible. A lawyer in Cincinnati and a policeman in Seattle jettison their careers for the far more profitable trade of bootlegging. Across the country, in countless backyards, chicken coops, and basements, Americans brew their own brands of moonshine, beer, and wine. The Prohibitionists have their law and the people have their alcohol, and, for a time, it seems everybody is happy. But rampant corruption threatens to corrode the entire judicial system, from the local policemen on the beat to the highest echelons of power in the capital.
Target Audience:	6 & up.
Other form:	Originally produced: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), 2011

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