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Christian nationalism and the birth of the war on drugs / Andrew Monteith.

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"This book explains how religion-particularly American Protestant moralities-blended with nineteenth-century race science, colonialism, and reform movements to generate the Drug War"--

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Monteith, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2023]
Series:NYU Press scholarship online.
Subjects:
Protestantism > United States > History.
Scientific racism > United States > History.
Nationalism > United States > History.
Imperialism > History.
Drug control > United States > History.
Drug control
Imperialism
Nationalism
Protestantism
Scientific racism
United States
History
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Protestant Moralities, Substance Use, and the Millennial Kingdom
  • 1. Christian Temperance, Millennial Progress, and the Immorality of Addiction
  • 2. Sin, Addiction, and Biomorality
  • 3. Degeneracy, Eugenics, and the Great American Race
  • 4. US Colonialism and Substance Use Prohibition
  • 5. Protestants, Colonialism, and International Drug Reform
  • 6. The Products of a Moral Panic
  • Conclusion: The Long Arm of Protestant Hegemony
  • Acknowledgments
  • Archival Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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