Temperance and Racism: John Bull, Johnny Reb, and the Good Templars

By David M. Fahey

Book Overview

One hundred twenty years ago, the Independent Order of Good Templars was the world's largest, most militant, and most evangelical organization hostile to alcoholic drink. Standing in the forefront of the international temperance movement, it was recognized worldwide as a potent social and moral force. Temperance and Racism restores the Templars, now an almost forgotten footnote in American and British social history, to a position of prominence within the temperance movement. The group's ideolo

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813160030
• ISBN13: 9780813160030
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher