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

by Mariana Valverde

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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."

Mariana Valverde's groundbreaking The Age of Light, Soap, and Waterexamines the work and the ideas of moralist clergy, social workers, politicians,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080209595X
• ISBN13: 9780802095954
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"