New York City
NYC, Supreme City
Guest: Donald L. Miller, John Henry MacCracken Emeritus Professor of History, Lafayette College, and author, "Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America"
It's the place you went to see the future: the Big Apple. NYC's booming transformation in the early 20th century changed world culture.
Temperance: A Culture War
Guest: Michael A. Lerner, principal, Bard High School Early College, New York City, and author, "Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City"
Prohibition wasn't just about alcohol. In some ways, it was an attempt to control the behavior of immigrants and mark class behavior. New York City saw the clash of opponents and supporters from the first night the law went into effect.