Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Arguing over Liquor and Liberalism
Part 1: Managing the Province’s Liquor Problem
1 The Place of the Government in the Drinks of the People
2 Centralization, I: The Crooks Act
3 Power and Influence in the New System
4 Politics, Law, and the License Branch
Part 2: The Complications of Liquor in a Federal Liberal State
5 How Drinking Affects the Constitution, 1864–83
6 McCarthy and Crooks Enter a Tavern, 1883–85
7 Attempting to Water Down the Scott Act, 1884–92
8 Plebiscites as Tools for Change? 1883–94
9 Talking and Blocking National Prohibition, 1891–99
10 Dodging Decisions at the End of the Liberals’ Era, 1894–1905
11 Drinking in Whitney’s Conservative Liberal State, 1905–07
12 Centralization, II: Beyond the Crooks Act, 1907–16
Conclusion: Liquor, Liberalism, and the Legacy of the Crooks Act
Appendix 1: Questions Sent by the Select Committee
Appendix 2: Liquor-Related Laws in Force in Ontario
Notes; Index