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Devil of the domestic sphere : temperance, gender, and middle-class ideology, 1800-1860 / Scott C. Martin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Scott C., 1959-
- Series:
- Drugs and alcohol (Dekalb, Ill.)
- Drugs and alcohol
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Temperance--United States--History--19th century.
- Temperance.
- Sex role--United States--History--19th century.
- Sex role.
- Moral conditions.
- Women--Suffrage.
- History.
- United States.
- Women--Suffrage--United States--19th century.
- Women.
- Feminism--United States--History--19th century.
- Feminism.
- United States--Social conditions--19th century.
- Social conditions.
- United States--Moral conditions--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Temperance literature and misogyny
- Female intemperance
- Victims and exemplars
- The suffering woman
- Female moral suasion
- Toward legislation
- Protecting the home
- Conclusion: The legacy of middle-class temperance ideology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-198) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780875803852
- 0875803857
- OCLC:
- 173182644
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