The War on Alcohol Lisa McGirr (Harvard University)

Name: The War on Alcohol By Lisa McGirr (Harvard University)
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The War on Alcohol by Lisa McGirr (Harvard University)

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Summary

A ground-breaking history of Prohibition and a new creation story for the powerful American state.

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The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State by Lisa McGirr (Harvard University)

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.

The War on Alcohol Reviews

"... a focused and thought-provoking book." -- The Economist

About Lisa McGirr (Harvard University)

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.

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GOR007197632

ISBN 13

9780393066951

ISBN 10

0393066959

Title

The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State by Lisa McGirr (Harvard University)

Author

Lisa McGirr (Harvard University)

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

WW Norton & Co

Year published

2016-01-29

Number of pages

352

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