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020			_a9781009683166
028			_aInternational Book Distributors _bFlat No. 17, Prakash Apartment, 5, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi _c122730 _d31/03/2026
082			_a363.41 ALA
100			_aAlagirisamy, Darinee.
245			_aSober State _b: Origins of Alcohol Prohibition in India. _c/ Darinee Alagirisamy.
260			_a, New York _b: Cambridge University Press _c, 2026.
300			_axv, 281p. _c: 24cm.
365			_b906.5
520			_a'What happens when a democratic state―still in the process of formation―commits to banning a substance, especially one as controversial as alcohol? This book traces the origins and evolution of alcohol prohibition in India, drawing on extensive archival research and rich vernacular sources to explain its surprising resilience over time. Since its inception, prohibition has served both as an ideal and a tool of state power―a dual role that has worked to shape its shifting trajectories. Each phase of enforcement has served to reaffirm prohibition's founding logic, thereby further embedding it in the machinery of governance―even as it has constrained its future implementation. Foregrounding intersections with caste and gender, the book illuminates how diverse social responses have made prohibition a deeply contested―sobering―yet enduring project. While prohibition may be a thing of the past in the West, history helps to keep it alive in India.'
650			_aAlcohol Prohibition
650			_aPolitical
650			_aSober State
700			_aDarinee Alagirisamy.
942			_cBOOK
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