The Age of Light, Soap, and Water : Moral Reform in English Canada, 1885-1925 /

"BACK IN PRINT WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION The turn of the last century saw a great wave of moral fervour among Protestant social reformers in English Canada. Their targets for moral reform were various: sex hygiene, immigration policy, slum clearance, prostitution, and "white slavery."Ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Valverde, Mariana, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, [2008]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social problems.
Moral conditions.
HISTORY > Canada > Post-Confederation (1867- )
Problemes sociaux > Canada > Histoire.
Social problems > Canada > History.
Canada.
Canada > Social conditions > 1918-1930.
Canada > Social conditions > 1867-1918.
Canada > Moral conditions > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The work of allegories
  • Moral and social reform
  • The white slavery panic
  • Racial purity, sexual purity, and immigration policy
  • The city as moral problem
  • Philanthropy, the state, and moral regulation.

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