Moral reform in the 1780s: the making of an agenda -- The best means of national safety : moral reform in wartime, 1795-1815 -- Taming the masses, 1815-1834 -- From social control to self-control, 1834-1857 -- Moral individualism: the renewal and reappraisal of an ideal, 1857-1880 -- The late Victorian crisis of moral reform: the 1880s and after
Summary
Campaigns for moral reform were a recurrent and distinctive feature of public life in later Georgian and Victorian England. This book sets out to explore the world of these volunteer networks, their foci of concern, their patterns of recruitment, their methods of operation, and the responses they aroused
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-312) and index