The war on alcohol : prohibition and the rise of the American state
McGirr, Lisa, 1962-2016
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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.
Main title:
Author:
McGirr, Lisa, 1962-, author
Imprint:
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]©2016
Collation:
xxii, 330 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780393066951 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
364.173097363.410973
Language:
English
BRN:
1126331