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Moral Reconstruction: Christian Lobbyists and the Federal Legislation of Morality, 1865-1920
Moral Reconstruction Christian Lobbyists and the Federal Legislation of Morality 18651920
Author: Gaines M. Foster
Between 1865 and 1920, Congress passed laws to regulate obscenity, sexuality, divorce, gambling, and prizefighting. It forced Mormons to abandon polygamy, attacked interstate prostitution, made narcotics contraband, and stopped the manufacture and sale of alcohol. Gaines Foster explores the force behind this unprecedented federal regulation of p...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807853665
ISBN-10: 0807853666
Publication Date: 5/6/2002
Pages: 336
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Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Book Type: Paperback
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