Making English Morals: Voluntary Association and Moral Reform in England, 1787 1886

(Book #2 in the Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories Series)

by M.J.D. Roberts

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Campaigns for moral reform were a recurrent and distinctive feature of public life in later Georgian and Victorian England. Anti-slavery, temperance, charity, cruelty prevention and "social purity" advocates promoted their causes through mobilization of citizen volunteer support. M.J.D. Roberts explores the world of these volunteer networks--their concerns, patterns of recruitment, methods of operation, and responses aroused--to provide an accessible...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521100143

ISBN13:9780521100144

Release Date:January 2009

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.09 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Social Science Social Sciences

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Making English Morals: Voluntary Association and Moral Reform in England, 1787 1886

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