The New England Watch And Ward Society

The New England Watch and Ward Society provides a new window into the history of American Protestantism during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By suppressing obscene literature, gambling, and prostitution, the moral reform organization embodied Protestant efforts to shape public morality in an increasing intellectually and culturally diverse society.

• | Author: P. C. Kemeny
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 02, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 410 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0190844396
• | ISBN-13: 9780190844394