The War on Alcohol

Prohibition and the Rise of the American State

Lisa McGirr author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:11th Jul '17

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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
"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

ISBN: 9780393353525

Dimensions: 211mm x 140mm x 23mm

Weight: 295g

352 pages