The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State by Lisa McGirr

The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State

Lisa McGirr

352 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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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. Prohibit...

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