Moral Minorities and the Making of American Democracy

Moral Minorities and the Making of American Democracy
ISBN-10
0199371911
ISBN-13
9780199371914
Category
History
Pages
291
Language
English
Published
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Author
Kyle G. Volk

Description

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.

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