The Age of Light, Soap, and Water : : Moral Reform in English Canada, 1885-1925 /

The Age of Light, Soap, and Water : : Moral Reform in English Canada, 1885-1925 / / Mariana Valverde.

"BACK IN PRINT WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION The turn of the last century saw a great wave of moral fervour among Protestant social reformers in English Canada. Their targets for moral reform were various: sex hygiene, immigration policy, slum clearance, prostitution, and "white slavery."Ma...

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Valverde, Mariana,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©2008
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Introduction to the 2008 Edition
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Work of Allegories
  • 3. Moral and Social Reform
  • 4. The White Slavery Panic
  • 5. Racial Purity, Sexual Purity, and Immigration Policy
  • 6. The City as Moral Problem
  • 7. Philanthropy, the State, and Moral Regulation
  • Notes
  • Index

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