Canada Dry : Temperance Crusades before Confederation / Jan Noel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noel, Janet, Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temperance--Canada--History.

Temperance.

Canada.

Medical Subjects:

Canada.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 310 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Temperance movement has played a large part in the history of Canada. This overview by Jan Noel is the first major study of the subject since 1919. Noel's study is social history examining the forces that created the temperance movement and the effect of the movement on work, women, children, religion, and social structure.

Contents:

1. Interpretations of Temperance

2. Atlantic Temperance: The Origins

3. Atlantic Temperance: Turning the Tide

4. Christmas in Montreal

5. Dry Goods and Dry Gospel

6. The Prophet

7. Mothers of the Millennium

8. Bringing In the Saints

9. Moving to Mainstream in Canada West

10. Nearly Dry

11. French Canada Awakens

12. Patriotism and Sackcloth

13. The Bottle and the Hudson's Bay Company

14. Red River Crusades

15. Millennium Refused

16. Conclusion

Appendix A: U.S. Consumption of Spirits, 1780-1970

Appendix B: Canadian Alcohol Sales, 1871-1992

Appendix C: Temperance Societies in the Province of Canada, 1840-52.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7856-3

OCLC:

1129166688