I am trying to find out what the pattern was with the state
government liquor monopolies in the last 10 years or so. I have
read Robin Room's very informative article that brings the subject up to
date through the mid-1980s, but I cannot find anything that updates that
pattern over the last decade.
Here in Ohio the state policy went from state-operated package liquor
stores to privately operated package liquor stores. My guess is
that Ohio's action was part of a larger pattern of institutional change,
but my checking with standard reference sources reveals no article on the
subject.
Does any subscriber know of an article on this subject post Room
? If not, do you know of other states that have done the same
as Ohio?
K. Austin Kerr
Professor of History, Ohio State University
Columbus Ohio 43210
voice: 614-292-2613
fax: 614-292-2282
http://people.history.ohio-state.edu/kerr.htm