Polemic collapses moderation/prohibition and contains Mather confusions; illustrations are modern reinterpretations.
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The authors contrast abstinence advocacy with colonial drinking culture using portraits and temperance iconography.
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Temperance interpretation
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Evidence
The authors contrast abstinence advocacy with colonial drinking culture using portraits and temperance iconography.
Location and context
Steven Grasse, Colonial Spirits (Abrams Image, 2016), supplied PDF screens 234–245: Temperance interpretation. These locators refer to the supplied screenshot PDF, not printed pagination. Research paraphrase; no verbatim quotation is being asserted.
Qualification
Polemic collapses moderation/prohibition and contains Mather confusions; illustrations are modern reinterpretations.
Research links
Colonial Spirits — full-source analysis
Grasse 2016 — Temperance interpretation
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