>With Bush 2's recent proposal of a constitutional amendment, my phone has
>been ringing off the hook, with journalists calling to ask not only
>because my more recent work on the constitutional amending process and
>its unintended consequences, but due to my earlier work on prohibition.
>Repealing National Prohibition is now available in paperback from Kent
>State University Press and thanks to the president may stimulate student
>thinking not only about booze but about a wider range of research
>possibilities having to do with public policy, governmental reforms,
>social control, and popular reaction.  At least that has long been my
>fond hope, and I would be delighted if it worked for you in your efforts
>to show students how the liquor issue can be a launching pad for a
>variety of historical inquiries.
>
>David Kyvig <[log in to unmask]>