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Prohibition and the Rise of the American State

Prohibition is often glamorized in popular culture as a rule-breaking era filled with flappers, gangsters, and speakeasies. Historians Lisa McGirr and Eric Foner uncover a more complex history behind the 18th Amendment and explore how American Prohibition served as a period of political coercion that propelled FDR to the presidency and expanded the federal government’s reach.











When: Tue., Jan. 31, 2017 at 6:30 pm
Where: New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
212-873-3400
Price: $38
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Prohibition is often glamorized in popular culture as a rule-breaking era filled with flappers, gangsters, and speakeasies. Historians Lisa McGirr and Eric Foner uncover a more complex history behind the 18th Amendment and explore how American Prohibition served as a period of political coercion that propelled FDR to the presidency and expanded the federal government’s reach.

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