The Brew Deal: How Beer Helped Battle the Great Depression

by Jason E. Taylor

During the final stages of Prohibition, the US government allowed the consumption and sale of "non-intoxicating" beer, which was at or below 3.2% alcohol-by-weight. Beer's return--permitted with an eye toward job creation during the Great Depression--was one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's earliest New Deal policies. In this book, economist Jason E. Taylor takes readers through the rapid resurgence of American breweries and shows how beer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031731328
• ISBN13: 9783031731327
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"