
1 Season
3 Episode
Prohibition - Season 1 Episode 1 A Nation of Drunkards
As a battle raged… an era roared
The start of the temperance movement in the 19th century under the stewardship of such leaders as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances Willard and Carry Nation; and the Anti-Saloon League, which pushed for a constitutional amendment that would ban the sale and manufacture of alcohol.
- Year: 2011
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: PBS
- Keyword: new york city, chicago, illinois, prohibition era, bootlegging, alcohol abuse, usa history, usa politics, 1920s, 19th century, 1930s
- Director: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
- Cast: Peter Coyote, Daniel Okrent, Pete Hamill, Noah Feldman, Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco