Books / nonfiction

The war on alcohol : prohibition and the rise of the American state


Description


Prohibition has long been portrayed as a 'noble experiment' that failed. Lisa McGirr dismantles this 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 account uncovers patterns of enforcement still familiar today, the war on alcohol was waged disproportionately in African American, immigrant, and poor white communities. Alongside Jim Crow and other discriminatory laws, Prohibition brought coercion into everyday life and even into private homes.

Content

Latest edition,

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


Periodica

The article is a part of

The articles in  are frequently about

Articles with same topics

In


Articles

All registered articles grouped by issue

...

...

...

...

...