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Regulating Resort Revelry: Alcohol, Music, and the Entertainment Market in Miami Beach, 1935–1955

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Miami Beach was the nation’s premier winter resort between the 1930s and the 1950s. The city attracted a diverse crowd of visitors, some interested in a peaceful respite from the frigid north, others drawn by the drinking, dancing, and musical entertainment offered by its many bars and nightclubs. As part of an elaborate effort to sustain the city’s lively symbiotic urban leisure-services economy, the Miami Beach City Council addressed three types of market failures: chaotic competition, interproducer conflicts, and monopolistic business practices. This article demonstrates how these practices expressed a coherent vernacular philosophy of regulated capitalism arising from the city’s identity as a collective economic enterprise.

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  • Revell, Keith D., 2022. "Regulating Resort Revelry: Alcohol, Music, and the Entertainment Market in Miami Beach, 1935–1955," Enterprise & Society, Cambridge University Press, vol. 23(4), pages 1047-1091, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:entsoc:v:23:y:2022:i:4:p:1047-1091_10
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