{"product_id":"moral-reconstruction-gaines-m-foster-9780807853665","title":"Moral Reconstruction: Christian Lobbyists and the Federal Legislation of Morality, 1865-1920","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFoster analyzes the fears of appetite and avarice that led organizations such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union and the National Reform Association to call for moral legislation and examines the efforts and interconnections of the men and women who lobbied for it. His account underscores the crucial role white southerners played in the rise of moral reform after 1890. With emancipation, white southerners no longer needed to protect slavery from federal intervention, and they seized on moral legislation as a tool for controlling African Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnriching our understanding of the aftermath of the Civil War and the expansion of national power, \u003ci\u003eMoral Reconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e also offers valuable insight into the link between historical and contemporary efforts to legislate morality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gaines M. Foster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807853666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807853665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.26w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 692\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 1761","brand":"Gaines M. Foster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120280891647,"sku":"9780807853665","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e76a397-1cd9-4a12-ad5b-8d2b0819d08f.jpg?v=1687413479","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/moral-reconstruction-gaines-m-foster-9780807853665","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}