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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Northern Business And The Shape Of Southern Progress: The Case Of Tennessee's "Model City", Edward L. Ayers
Northern Business And The Shape Of Southern Progress: The Case Of Tennessee's "Model City", Edward L. Ayers
History Faculty Publications
State governments, understandably eager to entice needed capital to their region, no longer entertained the earlier progressive ideal of an autonomous South. The perennially-tempting vision of rapid economic growth funded by plentiful Northern capital arose in new, distinctly modern, attire.
The Moderate Period Of The Temperance Reform, 1776-1833, Edith C. Burrows
The Moderate Period Of The Temperance Reform, 1776-1833, Edith C. Burrows
Honors Theses
Temperance is an organized reform began at the end of the American Revolutionary War, its leaders inspired by the ravages dealt by alcoholics to the soldiers and sailors. At first self-control was desired; later self-denial was its dominant theme. Limited as it was, the temperance crusade, led by the aristocracy and the clergy, was naturally gradual in acquiring acceptance and strength. The course of its development from the 1780's until the mid-1830's was one of moderate demands, as compared with the later extremism, and one led by the fiery clerics and their assemblies, compared to the later common lay leadership.