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Crusade against Drink in Victorian England

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  • © 1988

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  1. Lilian Lewis Shiman
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. An Unpopular Cause — Visionaries and Fanatics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. The Temperance Reformation

      • Lilian Lewis Shiman
      Pages 9-17

    3. The Teetotal Lifeboat

      • Lilian Lewis Shiman
      Pages 18-42

    4. So Many Christian Icebergs to Melt

      • Lilian Lewis Shiman
      Pages 43-73

    5. Legal Suasion

      • Lilian Lewis Shiman
      Pages 74-90

  3. The Great Crusade

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. To The Rescue

      • Lilian Lewis Shiman
      Pages 99-133

    3. Come All Ye Children

      • Lilian Lewis Shiman
      Pages 134-155

    4. ‘A Wave of Blue’ — The Temperance Army

      • Lilian Lewis Shiman
      Pages 156-188

    5. The Temperance Party

      • Lilian Lewis Shiman
      Pages 189-220

    6. A World Free From Drink

      • Lilian Lewis Shiman
      Pages 221-243

    7. Conclusion

      • Lilian Lewis Shiman
      Pages 244-248

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 249-309
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Drink, 'the curse of Britain', was sweeping the land, or so it seemed to many Englishmen in the early decades of the nineteenth century. They held it responsible for crime, poverty and many other ills of the rapidly industrializing towns. A 'moderation' temperance reform organized in 1829 largely under middle class auspices soon gave way to a radical commitment to total abstinence in a great variety of worker self-help groups. When these too failed to change the drinking habits of most Englishmen the temperance movement sought new alliances. In the 1870s and 1880s Gospel Temperance married temperance to revivalist religion. It received the support of both established and non-conformist churches, and millions 'took the pledge'. But many did not; and as religious enthusiasm faded the anti-drink forces shifted their attention to the political arena. After successfully pressuring the Liberal Party to adopt limited prohibition, they mounted a great but unsuccessful campaign in the 1895 election. With this defeat the anti-drink crusade disintegrated, leaving the dedicated teetotallers socially isolated in the safe haven of their drink-free subculture.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Crusade against Drink in Victorian England

  • Authors: Lilian Lewis Shiman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19184-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-40886-5Published: 06 April 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-19184-0Published: 07 January 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 309

  • Topics: Social History, Cultural History, Ethics

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