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The War on Alcohol
Lisa McGirr
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Description for The War on Alcohol
Hardcover. A groundbreaking 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. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
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
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
665g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393066951
SKU
V9780393066951
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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
... a focused and thought-provoking book.
The Economist
The Economist