Freedom's Ferment : Phases of American Social History to 1860

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In this historical synthesis of men and movements, Alice Felt Tyler shows in action the democratic faith of the young American republic. She tells the stories of the reform movements and social and religious experiments characteristic of the early half of.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tyler, Alice Felt, 1892-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1944.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sects.
Manners and customs.
HISTORY > United States > General.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Sectes > États-Unis.
Sects > United States.
USA
United States.
États-Unis > Moeurs et coutumes > 1783-1865.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1815-1861.
United States > Social life and customs > 1783-1865.
United States > History > 1815-1861.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The faith of the young republic: Dynamic democracy
  • Evangelical religion
  • pt. 2. Cults and Utopias: Transcendentalism
  • Millennialism and spiritualism
  • The stake in Zion
  • Religious communism in America
  • The Shaker communities
  • American Utopias of religious origin
  • Utopian socialism in America
  • pt. 3. Humanitarian crusades: Education and the American faith
  • Reform for the criminal
  • Wards of the state
  • The temperance crusade
  • Denials of democratic principles
  • The crusade for peace
  • The rights of women
  • Like a fire-bell in the night
  • A house divided.

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