Local and Regional Breweries in America's Brewing Industry, 1865 to 1920

Bibliographic Data

ID9627601
AuthorsMartin Stack (University of Saint Mary, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume74
Issue3
Pages435-463
Publication date2000-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Business History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3116434
OpenAlexW2087972401
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited11

Between the end of the Civil War and the enactment of national Prohibition in 1920, America's brewing industry grew to become one of the nation's leading manufacturing industries. During the first thirty years of this period, the industry's growth was propelled by the emergence of a small group of nationally oriented breweries. These firms pioneered a series of important technological, scientific, and organizational innovations, which allowed them to increase annual sales. Yet, after several decades of spectacular growth, they began to see their relative position in the industry decline. From the mid-1890s until Prohibition, hundreds of regional and local breweries reasserted themselves in the market for beer. These firms often were able to provide less expensive beer and to sell it in saloons that they owned or controlled. Together, these two factors enabled regional and local breweries to present a competitive challenge to national firms in the years leading up to Prohibition

Brewing · Business · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Political science · Position (finance · Spanish Civil War · Fermentation and Sensory Analysis · Finance · Horticultural and Viticultural Research · Law · Wine Industry and Tourism

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