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‘Moonshiners and Prohibitionists’ provides historical context for today’s politics of alcohol in our communities

Talk about a “moonshiner” and it inevitably evokes images, in many people’s minds, of dirty, bearded men surreptitiously cooking up “White Lightning” in the deep woods or caves. But homemade liquor has had a distinct, and very important role in the economy of Appalachia....