Creating the culture of reform in antebellum America /

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"In this study, T. Gregory Garvey illustrates how activists and reformers claimed the instruments of mass media to create a freestanding culture of reform that enabled voices disfranchised by church or state to speak as equals in public debates over the nation's values. Competition among a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garvey, T. Gregory, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, ©2006.
Temas:
To 1899
Social reformers > United States > History > 19th century.
Deliberative democracy > United States > History > 19th century.
Réformateurs sociaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Démocratie délibérative > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Deliberative democracy
Social conditions
Social reformers
United States > History > 1815-1861.
United States > Social conditions > To 1865.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1815-1861.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > Jusqu'à 1865.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In this study, T. Gregory Garvey illustrates how activists and reformers claimed the instruments of mass media to create a freestanding culture of reform that enabled voices disfranchised by church or state to speak as equals in public debates over the nation's values. Competition among antebellum reformers in religion, women's rights, and antislavery institutionalized a structure of ideological debate that continues to define popular reform movements."--Jacket.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 263 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index.
ISBN:0820330833
9780820330839

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