Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-185) and index.
Contents
Self-made men : temperance, identity, and authority in antebellum America -- Temperance counter-cultures and the coming of the Civil War -- "Let patriots join hands" : the Civil War and the war on alcohol -- Crusading women : the creation of a new temperance icon -- A "knitting together of hearts" : the crusader, the WCTU, and the building of a temperance coalition.