Freedom's ferment; phases of American social history to 1860. [electronic resource]

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.