Man's better angels : romantic reformers and the coming of the Civil War /

Man's Better Angels explores the ideas that influenced antebellum reform efforts in the United States, especially after the social, political, and economic shocks the country suffered after the Panic of 1837. The Panic also galvanized reformers, encouraging some to act and others to act even mo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gura, Philip F., 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
Temas:
1815-1861
Social reformers > United States > History.
Social problems > United States > History.
Réformateurs sociaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Problèmes sociaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
Social problems
Social reformers
United States > History > 1815-1861.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1815-1861.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • George Ripley, Transcendentalist dreamer
  • Horace Greeley and the French connection
  • William B. Greene and the allure of mutualism
  • O.S. Fowler: reading the national character, for a price
  • Mary Gove Nichols: individual health and sovereignty
  • Thoreau's nullification
  • John Brown and the bankruptcy of conscience.

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