The Age of Light, Soap, and Water: Moral Reform in English Canada, 1885-1925

by Mariana Valverde

" BACK IN PRINT WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION The turn of the last century saw a great wave of moral fervour among Protestant social reformers in English Canada. Their targets for moral reform were various: sex hygiene, immigration policy, slum clearance, prostitution, and "white slavery." Mariana Valverde's groundbreaking The Age of Light, Soap, and Wate r examines the work and the ideas of moralist clergy, social workers, politicians, and bureaucrats...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 077108689X
• ISBN13: 9780771086892
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.0"