Moral Reconstruction: Christian Lobbyists and the Federal Legislation of Morality, 1865-1920

by Gaines M. Foster

Book Overview

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 personal morality--a combined Christian lobby. Foster analyzes the fears of appetite and avarice that led...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807826979
• ISBN13: 9780807826973
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"