The war on alcohol : Prohibition and the rise of the American state / Lisa McGirr.

"Prohibition has long been portrayed as a 'noble experiment' that failed, a newsreel story of glamorous gangsters, flappers, and speakeasies. Now at last Lisa McGirr dismantles this cherished myth to reveal a much more significant history. Prohibition was the seedbed for a pivotal expansion of the f...

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Main Author:	McGirr, Lisa, 1962- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	1900 - 1999 Prohibition > United States. Prohibition. United States > History > 20th century. United States. History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	xxii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book