Moral minorities and the making of American democracy

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Volk, Kyle G., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Civil rights--History--19th century--United States.

Minorities.

Minorities--Political activity--History--19th century--United States.

Democracy--History--19th century--United States.

Democracy.

Political participation--History--19th century--United States.

Political participation.

Dissenters--History--19th century--United States.

Dissenters.

United States--Politics and government--1845-1861.

United States.

United States--Moral conditions--History--19th century.

United States--Social conditions--19th century.

United States--Ethnic relations--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work unearths the origins of popular minority-rights politics in American history. Focusing on controversies spurred by grassroots moral reform in the early 19th century, it shows how a motley array of self-understood minorities reshaped American democracy as they battled laws regulating Sabbath observance, alcohol, and interracial contact.

Contents:

Making America's First Moral Majority

Sunday Laws and the Problem of the Christian Republic

The License Question and the Perils of "Pure Democracy"

Mixed Marriages, Motley Schools, and the Struggle for Racial Equality

"Jim Crow Conveyances" and the Politics of Integrating the Public

America's First Wet Crusade and the Sunday Question Redux

Epilogue: Making Democracy Safe for Minorities.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 9, 2014).

ISBN:

0-19-937193-8

0-19-937194-6