Making the bible belt: texas prohibitionists and the politicization of southern religion
Auteur :
Locke, Joseph
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780190216283
Date de publication :
27 juil. 2017
Dimensions :
23,6 x 15,7 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
517 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
By reconstructing the religious crusade to achieve prohibition in Texas, Making the Bible Belt reveals how southern religious leaders overcame longstanding anticlerical traditions, built a formidable social movement, and, in the course of outlawing liquor, injected religion irreversibly into public life.