"With quenchless zeal, press forward, then": Temperance in the rural communities of the Hudson River Valley, New York, 1790--1860.
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Title
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"With quenchless zeal, press forward, then": Temperance in the rural communities of the Hudson River Valley, New York, 1790--1860.
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Identifier
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AAI3037394
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identifier
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3037394
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Creator
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De Leo, Sheryl Kelly.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Barbara Welter
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Date
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2002
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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History, United States
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Abstract
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Residents of the Hudson River Valley of New York participated in antebellum efforts to secure the integrity and future of the new republic, especially the temperance reform movement. The fight against "drunkenness" was the largest and most visible of the many antebellum reform efforts. Many Valley residents were influenced by Protestant evangelical emphasis on individual moral responsibility and belief in perfectionism to seek an alcohol-free environment, although evangelicalism claimed only a minority of antebellum Christians. Such persons labored to influence their fellow Valley residents of the benefits of total abstinence from alcohol and the dangers of drink during the years from the inception of the republic to the eve of the Civil War. In the process, Valley temperance advocates formed and fostered a vibrant culture of temperance reform for themselves in the rural New York counties which line up on either side of the Hudson River from New York City to the state capital of Albany.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
