The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State
By Lisa McGirr.
Description
“[This] fine history of Prohibition . . . could have a major impact on how we read American political history.”―James A. Morone, New York Times Book ReviewProhibition 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 federal government, the genesis of our contemporary penal state. Her deeply researched, eye-opening account uncovers pat...
ISBN(s)
0393353524, 9780393353525
