The Temperance Reformation
The Temperance Reformation

Author: Lebbeus Armstrong

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781020380525

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The Temperance Reformation is a comprehensive history of the temperance movement in the United States, with a focus on the legal and political battles surrounding the adoption of prohibition laws. Armstrong argues that the temperance movement was a major force in shaping American politics and society in the 19th century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Temperance Reformation
The Temperance Reformation

Author: Lebbeus Armstrong

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-24

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9780484624398

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Excerpt from The Temperance Reformation: Its History, From the Organization of the First Temperance Society to the Adoption of the Liquor Law of Maine, 1851; And the Consequent Influence of the Promulgation of That Law on the Political Interest of the State of New York, 1852 Reformation. I understand he is about publishing it. I trust it Will find its way into every family in the nation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Making of Tocqueville's America
The Making of Tocqueville's America

Author: Kevin Butterfield

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2015-11-19

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 022629708X

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Alexis de Tocqueville famously said that Americans were "forever forming associations" and saw in this evidence of a new democratic sociability--though that seemed to be at odds with the distinctively American drive for individuality. Yet Kevin Butterfield sees these phenomena as tightly related: in joining groups, early Americans recognized not only the rights and responsibilities of citizenship but the efficacy of the law. A group, Butterfield says, isn't merely the people who join it; it's the mechanisms and conventions that allow it to function and, where necessary, to regulate itself and its members. Tocqueville, then, was wrong to see associations as the training grounds of democracy, where people learned to honor one another's voices and perspectives--rather, they were the training grounds for increasingly formal and legalistic relations among people. They were where Americans learned to treat one another impersonally.

All or Nothing
All or Nothing

Author: Jessica Warner

Publisher: Emblem Editions

Published: 2010-01-26

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 077108854X

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A completely original exploration of the abstinence movement in America — from alcohol to sex to meat. America's long love affair with abstinence goes back to the early nineteenth century, when thousands of men and women suddenly stopped drinking hard liquor. Consistency then demanded that they give up all their other vices — beer and cider, tobacco, coffee, meat, pickles, pies, masturbation, and more. Two centuries later, the ideal of abstinence has lost none of its power to influence how Americans live — and how they want you to live. With her trademark wit and irony, acclaimed author Jessica Warner tells the story of one of America's most enduring and powerful ideals. There are many surprises along the way, starting with the abolitionists, feminists, and other do-gooders who were the first — and most thoroughgoing — of America's abstainers. And always there are the colourful people who brought the idea to life — the visionaries, preachers, college professors, feminists, and cranks who practiced what they preached.