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Can I read Prohibition : the Era of Excess on EtoBox?
Prohibition : the Era of Excess by Andrew Sinclair is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Prohibition : the Era of Excess about?
<p>The prohibition of liquor in the United States from 1920 to 1933 created the myth of the flapper and gangster. Andrew Sinclair's account was the first comprehensive study and it shows how this extraordinary experiment was the product of the age-old conflict of country against city, of the God-fearing farmer against the corrupt urban rich and the new immigrants with their imported religions and beer. Prohibition represented the last attempt of rural America to stem the tide of history that was
Who reads Prohibition : the Era of Excess?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Andrew Sinclair
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Limited
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780571251414
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25