This book is a collection of biographies of forgotten leaders in the temperance movement. Recovering the lives and works of these reformers enhances our understanding of the movement and is for anyone interested in the lost history of social movements.
David M. Fahey
Author's books
Temperance Societies in Late Victorian and Edwardian England
By studying the temperance societies of Victorian and Edwardian England, this book opens a window onto middle-class and working-class society. These organizations of men, women, and children provided the backbone for temperance as both a social movement and a political lobby.
The Politics of Drink in England, from Gladstone to Lloyd George
From the 1870s to the 1920s, a political struggle raged over public houses. Temperance reformers clashed with the powerful drink trade over compensation for pub closures, creating a stalemate broken only by a controversial deal and radical WWI experiments like State Purchase.
Diverse and contrasting historians like Hallam, Buckle, and Gardiner open windows through which we can see Victorian England as it changed. This book reinterprets the works of these great historians whom the Victorians read, offering its own insight into the era.