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The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State
Lisa Mcgirr
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Description for The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State
paperback. A ground-breaking history of Prohibition and a new creation story for the powerful American state. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290. A ground-breaking history of Prohibition and a new creation story for the powerful American state. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
Prohibition has long been portrayed as a noble experiment that failed, a newsreel story of glamorous gangsters, flappers and speakeasies. Now Lisa McGirr dismantles this myth to reveal a much more significant history. Prohibition was the seedbed for a pivotal expansion of the federal government and the genesis of America's contemporary penal state.
Prohibition has long been portrayed as a noble experiment that failed, a newsreel story of glamorous gangsters, flappers and speakeasies. Now Lisa McGirr dismantles this myth to reveal a much more significant history. Prohibition was the seedbed for a pivotal expansion of the federal government and the genesis of America's contemporary penal state.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393353525
SKU
9780393353525
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99-1
About Lisa Mcgirr
Lisa McGirr is professor of history at Harvard University. She is the author of The War on Alcohol and an award-winning history of the new right, Suburban Warriors. She and her family live in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Reviews for The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State
A focused and thought-provoking book.
The Economist McGirr's ambitious book attempts to go beyond stereotypes of bootlegging, speakeasies and crime syndicates, and casts the 1920-1933 Prohibition era in a new light.
Tony Barber, Best Books of 2016 - Financial Times
The Economist McGirr's ambitious book attempts to go beyond stereotypes of bootlegging, speakeasies and crime syndicates, and casts the 1920-1933 Prohibition era in a new light.
Tony Barber, Best Books of 2016 - Financial Times