Countless authors, historians, journalists, and screenwriters havewritten about the prohibition era, an age of jazz and speakeasies, gangsters and bootleggers. But only a few have explored what happen
The end of prohibition did not see the end of temperance in Ontario, says Malleck (community health sciences, Brock U.), which persisted as a strong and vocal movement. He traces how the social and po
"Throughout the 1800s, opium and cocaine could be easily obtained to treat a range of ailments in Canada. Dependency, when it occurred, was considered a matter of personal vice. Near the end of the ce
In the 1800s, opium and cocaine could be easily obtained to treat a range of ailments. Drug dependency, when it occurred, was considered a matter of personal vice. Near the end of the century, attitud
In times of war, political strife, and economic recession,governments often call upon their citizens to get out and shop,reasoning that consumerism will save an ailing economy and restorepublic confid
Editors Warsh (history, Vancouver Island University) and Malleck (community health sciences, Brock University) gather work on consumer culture in Canada in the context of Western mass culture 1919-194
