The War on Alcohol

Prohibition and the Rise of the American State

Lisa McGirr author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:29th Jan '16

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The War on Alcohol cover

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.

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

ISBN: 9780393066951

Dimensions: 244mm x 165mm x 33mm

Weight: 564g

352 pages