The war on alcohol : prohibition and the rise of the American state /
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Author / Creator: | McGirr, Lisa, 1962- |
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Edition: | First edition. |
Imprint: | New York : W.W. NORTON & Company, Independent Publishers Since 1923, [2016] ©2016 |
Description: | xxii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11711996 |
Summary: | 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. |
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Physical Description: | xxii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780393066951 0393066959 9780393353525 0393353524 |