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М. Дж. Д. Робертс
Making English Morals: Volu...
ISBN: 0521833892, 9780521833899 Год издания: 2004 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Язык: Английский Аннотация
Campaigns for moral reform were a recurrent and distinctive feature of public life in later Georgian and Victorian England. Anti-slavery, temperance, charity, cruelty prevention and "social purity" advocates promoted their causes through mobilization of citizen volunteer support. M.J.D. Roberts explores the world of these volunteer networkstheir concerns, patterns of recruitment, methods of operation, and responses arousedto provide an accessible period survey of moral reform.