... of alcohol in the 20's is perhaps the most tragically ignored phenomena in American history that has so much to teach us about behavior control. The homicide rate rose to never before witnessed trends, crime flourished, and empires were built on the illegal sale of alcohol. ... These prohibitionist policies coincided with extreme racial and class conflicts, perhaps because these policies were instituted in order to target and oppress specific minority groups socially, politically, and economically. The California Workerman's Party that cried, "the Chinese must go," the lynching of Chines...

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