Dispensing the Progressive State
Benjamin Tillman’s South Carolina State Dispensary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12970730 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Hill Welborn (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 82-101 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Social History of Alcohol Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0887-2783 • E-ISSN: 2640-7329 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/shad27010082 |
| OpenAlex | W4236698009 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
This paper highlights a pivotal yet understudied moment in the history of South Carolina and the American South: the South Carolina State Dispensary enacted under Governor Benjamin Tillman in 1892 and operated until 1907. The story of the State Dispensary offers an opportunity to study an embryonic Progressivism in South Carolina. The State Dispensary explicitly manifested measures of reform as understood in the Progressive Era – efficient government regulation to root out corruption and uphold morality – while adapting these measures to local cultural and political demands. Southern cultural ideals of manly honor and evangelical morality figured most prominently in these demands and fundamentally shaped the Dispensary’s development. Benjamin Tillman sought reforms that at once challenged these ideals while adapting to them. His Dispensary system symbolized the persistence of tradition and call for change that typified the slow transition to Progressivism in South Carolina
Dispensary · Honor · Morality · Political science · Politics · Progressivism · Sociology · State (computer science · American Constitutional Law and Politics · American History and Culture · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |