TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol in Heavenston
T2 - Shifting moral orders and economic interests in a suburban community
AU - Schieber, David
AU - Hunter, Albert
AU - Fine, Gary Alan
N1 - https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.1086/SHAD27020174
PY - 2013/6/1
Y1 - 2013/6/1
N2 - In 1972, after nearly 120 years of alcohol prohibition, alcohol was legalized in Evanston, Illinois. Using this example of legalization as a case study, we examine how the relationship among values, social class, and economics drives communal moral orders, focusing on changes that occur when the moral order no longer symbolically represents the community in light of their economic interests and self-image. Using a comparative historical framework, we examine three occasions when moral orders had shifted in Evanston. We argue that a values regime is important for the local community culture when these values are linked to strategic interests. Under some circumstances the community strategically changes their publically defined moral order with the goal of bolstering the idea of urban growth over decline.
AB - In 1972, after nearly 120 years of alcohol prohibition, alcohol was legalized in Evanston, Illinois. Using this example of legalization as a case study, we examine how the relationship among values, social class, and economics drives communal moral orders, focusing on changes that occur when the moral order no longer symbolically represents the community in light of their economic interests and self-image. Using a comparative historical framework, we examine three occasions when moral orders had shifted in Evanston. We argue that a values regime is important for the local community culture when these values are linked to strategic interests. Under some circumstances the community strategically changes their publically defined moral order with the goal of bolstering the idea of urban growth over decline.
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U2 - 10.1086/SHAD27020174
DO - 10.1086/SHAD27020174
M3 - Article
VL - 27
SP - 174
EP - 188
JO - The social history of alcohol and drugs
JF - The social history of alcohol and drugs
SN - 1930-8418
IS - 2
ER -