Moral reconstruction : Christian lobbyists and the Federal legislation of morality, 1865-1920 / Gaines M. Foster.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002 .Description: xiii, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0807826979 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0807853666 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BR 517 .F59 2002
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Contents:
The antebellum moral polity -- Christ and prohibition in the Constitution? -- Sexuality and the family -- Appetite, avarice-- and an alliance -- The Sabbath and religious authority -- The lottery and the South -- A broad agenda of moral legislation -- Aligning the government against alcohol -- The final step : prohibition.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection BR 517 .F59 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98618786

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-308) and index.

The antebellum moral polity -- Christ and prohibition in the Constitution? -- Sexuality and the family -- Appetite, avarice-- and an alliance -- The Sabbath and religious authority -- The lottery and the South -- A broad agenda of moral legislation -- Aligning the government against alcohol -- The final step : prohibition.

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