Foster, Gaines M.

Moral reconstruction : Christian lobbyists and the Federal legislation of morality, 1865-1920 / Gaines M. Foster. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002 . - xiii, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

0807826979 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807853666 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2001059764

GBA2-X6613


Christianity and politics--History--United States--19th century.
Christian ethics--History--United States--19th century.
Law and ethics--History--19th century.
Christianity and politics--History--United States--20th century.
Christian ethics--History--United States--20th century.
Law and ethics--History--20th century.
Christianisme et politique--Histoire--???�tats-Unis--19e sic��?�le.
Morale chrt��?�ienne--Histoire--???�tats-Unis--19e sic��?�le.
Droit et morale--Histoire--19e sic��?�le.
Christianisme et politique--Histoire--???�tats-Unis--20e sic��?�le.
Morale chrt��?�ienne--Histoire--???�tats-Unis--20e sic��?�le.
Droit et morale--Histoire--20e sic��?�le.

BR 517 / .F59 2002