Better than No Beer at All: Legal Roles for 3.2 Beer in the Post-Prohibition Era United States
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| Název: | Better than No Beer at All: Legal Roles for 3.2 Beer in the Post-Prohibition Era United States |
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| Autoři: | Taylor, Jason E., Poelmans, Eline |
| Zdroj: | Enterprise & Society. :1-29 |
| Informace o vydavateli: | Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2025. |
| Rok vydání: | 2025 |
| Témata: | History of Social Sciences, 3.2 Beer, Social Sciences, Beer, 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields, 3801 Applied economics, 5002 History and philosophy of specific fields, 'Heterogeneity of Beer Legalization Policies and Post-Prohibition Alcohol Policies in the US' (KU Leuven, Project 3H23001), Prohibition, Low Alcohol Beer, Business & Economics, 1503 Business and Management, Social Sciences - Other Topics, Business, History Of Social Sciences, 1402 Applied Economics, 3505 Human resources and industrial relations |
| Popis: | In March 1933, the United States Congress declared beer up to 3.2 percent alcohol by weight to be “non-intoxicating,” thus allowing it to be produced and sold while the nation was still under the 18th Amendment’s ban of intoxicating liquors. Brewers had long argued that beer was a temperance beverage that should be regulated with a lighter touch than harder liquor. In fact, the declaration that 3.2 beer was non-intoxicating opened several markets that would otherwise have been closed to brewers. In the decades that followed Repeal, 3.2 beer continued to be treated differently than stronger alcohol with respect to who, when, where, and how it was legally available. This paper explores the important—and continuing—role that 3.2 beer has played in the post-Prohibition United States. |
| Druh dokumentu: | Article |
| Jazyk: | English |
| ISSN: | 1467-2235 1467-2227 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/eso.2025.10076 |
| Přístupová URL adresa: | https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/20.500.12942/771943 https://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2025.10076 |
| Rights: | CC BY |
| Přístupové číslo: | edsair.doi.dedup.....f344b6170be8d61d3e74b799c4578c65 |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | In March 1933, the United States Congress declared beer up to 3.2 percent alcohol by weight to be “non-intoxicating,” thus allowing it to be produced and sold while the nation was still under the 18th Amendment’s ban of intoxicating liquors. Brewers had long argued that beer was a temperance beverage that should be regulated with a lighter touch than harder liquor. In fact, the declaration that 3.2 beer was non-intoxicating opened several markets that would otherwise have been closed to brewers. In the decades that followed Repeal, 3.2 beer continued to be treated differently than stronger alcohol with respect to who, when, where, and how it was legally available. This paper explores the important—and continuing—role that 3.2 beer has played in the post-Prohibition United States. |
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| ISSN: | 14672235 14672227 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/eso.2025.10076 |