[PDF.02co] Devil of the Domestic Sphere: Temperance, Gender, and Middle-class Ideology, 1800-1860 (Drugs and Alcohol Contested Histories)

Drink, in the minds of antebellum temperance reformers, represented the threat of an increasingly urban, industrial world. Contrasting the drunkards’ lack of restraint with their own thrift and sobriety, these members of the emerging middle class lay claim to respectability, virtue, and moral leadership. As they sought to legitimate their own authority, reformers also employed temperance literature to propagate middle-class ideas about the nature of women a...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Devil of the Domestic Sphere: Temperance, Gender, and Middle-class Ideology, 1800-1860 (Drugs and Alcohol Contested Histories)   |  Scott C. Martin.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.