Prohibition

Prohibition refers to the 1920–1933 period of nationwide prohibition in the United States. In the book’s historical frame, it appears as one marker in a larger passage between the World War I armistice and the political and social changes associated with repeal and the New Deal, rather than as the subject of a developed narrative about legislation or enforcement.

Chronological Scope

The entry’s name identifies Prohibition with the years 1920–1933. The available reference material places the period in a broader sequence that begins with the World War I armistice and continues through repeal and the New Deal, presenting it as part of a wider American transition rather than isolating it from the surrounding decades.

Historical Framing

The bibliography lists Paul Sann’s 1967 book, The Lawless Decade, A Pictorial History of a Great American Transition: From the World War I Armistice and Prohibition to Repeal and the New Deal. Its title explicitly links Prohibition with both the armistice and the later milestones of repeal and the New Deal. This reference supplies the book’s clearest framing of the period: a named phase within a broad historical transition.