Moral Minorities And The Making Of American Democracy

This work unearths the origins of popular minority-rights politics in American history. Focusing on controversies spurred by grassroots moral reform in the early 19th century, it shows how a motley array of self-understood minorities reshaped American democracy as they battled laws regulating Sabbath observance, alcohol, and interracial contact.

• | Author: Kyle G. Volk
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 313 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 0190609494
• | ISBN-13: 9780190609498