Making the Bible Belt: Texas Prohibitionists and the Politicization of Southern Religion
- ISBN-10
- 019021628X
- ISBN-13
- 9780190216283
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 283
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Joseph L. Locke
Description
By reconstructing the religious crusade to achieve prohibition in Texas, 'Making the Bible Belt' reveals how southern religious leaders overcame long-standing anticlerical traditions and built a powerful political movement that injected religion irreversibly into public life
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