The war on alcohol : Prohibition and the rise of the American state /
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. Prohibition was the seedbed for a pivotal expansion...
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The making of a radical reform
- Bootleg, moonshine, and home brew
- Selective enforcement
- Gestures of daring, signs of revolt
- Citizen warriors
- New political loyalties
- Building the penal state
- Repeal.