Moralists and modernizers : America's pre-Civil War reformers / Steven Mintz.
The Decades before the Civil War saw the first secular efforts in history to remake society through reform. Reformers launched unprecedented campaigns to reform criminals and prostitutes, educate the deaf and the blind, guarantee women's rights, and abolish slavery. Our modern systems of free p...
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| Alternate Title: | Moralists & modernizers |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
1995.
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| Series: | The American moment
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| Call Number: |
HN57 .M56 1995 |
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| Status: | Available Request this item |