Freedom's ferment; phases of American social history to 1860. [electronic resource]
Material type: TextPublication details: Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press [1944]Description: x, 608 p. illus., plates, ports. 24 cmSubject(s):- Sects -- United States
- United States -- History -- 1815-1861
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865
- United States of America; political and social history; 1776 - 1861; social development; social policy, reform
- Verenigde Staten; politieke en sociale geschiedenis; van revolutie tot burgeroorlog; sociale ontwikkeling; plannen tot verbetering
- Sozialgeschichte 1650-1850
- USA
- 277.3
- BR516 .T9
- E161 .T84x
Bibliography and notes: p. 551-589.
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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