{"product_id":"liquor-and-the-liberal-state-9780774867177","title":"Liquor and the Liberal State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCultural pastime, profitable industry, or harmful influence on the nation? Liquor was a tricky issue for municipal, provincial, and federal governments after Confederation. \u003cem\u003eLiquor and the Liberal State\u003c\/em\u003e traces how the Ontario provincial government's takeover of liquor regulation in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries involved both discrete local politics and expansive constitutional questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Malleck explores how notions of individual freedom, equality, and property rights were debated, challenged, and modified in response to a vocal prohibitionist movement and equally vocal liquor industry. While the liquor licensing regime helped build a vast patronage base for the governing Liberal Party, some believed it exceeded the constitutional authority of the province. The drink question became as political as it was moral  a key issue in the establishment of judicial definitions of provincial and federal rights and, ultimately, in the crafting of the moder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Arguing over Liquor and Liberalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Managing the Province’s Liquor Problem\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The Place of the Government in the Drinks of the People\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Centralization, I: The Crooks Act\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Power and Influence in the New System\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Politics, Law, and the License Branch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: The Complications of Liquor in a Federal Liberal State\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 How Drinking Affects the Constitution, 1864–83\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 McCarthy and Crooks Enter a Tavern, 1883–85\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Attempting to Water Down the Scott Act, 1884–92\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Plebiscites as Tools for Change? 1883–94\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Talking and Blocking National Prohibition, 1891–99\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Dodging Decisions at the End of the Liberals’ Era, 1894–1905\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Drinking in Whitney’s Conservative Liberal State, 1905–07\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Centralization, II: Beyond the Crooks Act, 1907–16\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Liquor, Liberalism, and the Legacy of the Crooks Act\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 1: Questions Sent by the Select Committee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 2: Liquor-Related Laws in Force in Ontario\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404950446423,"sku":"9780774867177","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774867177.jpg?v=1730488164","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/liquor-and-the-liberal-state-9780774867177","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}