Enforced by the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, Prohibition is a unique modern day experiment in regulating alcohol consumption.
It provides insight into the relationship between law and morality and questions the ability of law to replace free will in consumer habits.
Relationships between the nature of wine, the human condition, and the constituent elements of the universe, long before the discoveries of modern science, have allowed scientists to present the many facets of wine and the men who drink it.
France has a long history with alcohol, especially with wine which has been considered the national drink for centuries. It is perceived as one of the vectors and signs of the unity of the nation.
Man, in his natural state, is a rational animal, Aristotle contends. Indeed, irrational callings may occur, which may become problematic at a social scale. This has led to the elaboration of guiding organizational principles.
Prohibition in the United States owes both its origins and residual effects to the utopian ambitions of the nation’s first founders.
The history of alcohol regulation and prohibition in Canada is a long and complicated one. In the 1910’s, rising anti-alcohol public opinion led the Federal government to enact temperance laws that almost imitated American style prohibition.
Ce papier est le premier à présenter un aperçu de l’histoire économique des spiritueux, y compris une analyse de l’émergence des spiritueux dans l’histoire, de ses effets sur l’économie et la santé…
The US “noble experience” of prohibition has left the imagination of many, often eclipsing similar experiences elsewhere in North America. Like its southern neighbor, Canada has experienced several forms of prohibition: national, provincial and municipal.
When in 1919, the Volstead Act banned the consumption of alcohol in the United States, champagne is particularly affected. The American market represented up to 4,500,000 bottles out of the 30 million bottles…
From a resilience perspective, the wine tourism sector constitutes a complex socio-ecological system which integrates both tangible and intangible elements of agriculture, manufacturing and the service industry…
