Norman H. Clark

2728 Deliver Us From Evil: An Interpretation of American Prohibition, by Norman H. Clark (read 6 Apr 1995) This is a 1976 book on American Prohibition. It is not exactly history--no footnotes and heavy on sociology, but it is interesting. It is quite balanced. The author has good things to say for Prohibition, and pooh-poohs the notion that Prohibition increased drinking--it clearly did not--or that crime increased because of it. Obviously, however, Prohibition decreased respect for law. The author points out the same thing can be said for drug laws--and there is merit in what he says. Since I strongly believe in illegalization of harmful drugs I presume if I had been an adult in 1915 I might have been for Prohibition! This book is a Norton Essay in History. Other titles in the same series look interesting.… (altro)