Randolph A. Roth

The Democratic Dilemma

Religion, Reform, and the Social Order in the Connecticut River Valley of Vermont, 1791 1850

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Democratic Dilemma seeks to explain Vermonters' extraordinary faith and idealism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9780521317733
• ISBN-10: 0521317738
• Artikelnr.: 21121001

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables and maps
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The revolutionary frontier, 1763-1800
2. The failure of the covenanted community and the standing order, 1791-1815
3. Religion and reform in the shaping of a new order, 1815-28
4. From an era of promise to pressing times, 1815-43
5. A clamor for reform, 1828-35
6. The great revival, 1827-43
7. A modified order in town life and politics, 1835-50
8. Boosterism, sentiment, free soil, and the preservation of a Christian, reformed republic
Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Index.