Judith Wellman

Grassroots Reform in the Burned-over District of Upstate New York (eBook, PDF)

Religion, Abolitionism, and Democracy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Before the Civil War, upstate New York earned itself a nickname: the burned-over district.African Americans were few in upstate New York, so this book focuses on reformers in three predominately white communities. At the cutting edge of revolutions in transportation and industry, these ordinary citizenstried to maintain a balance between stability and change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317775768
• Artikelnr.: 40438681

Autorenporträt

Judith Wellman

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Three Towns: Their Economy and Population
Chapter 2: The Three Towns: From Moral Desolation to Religious Institutionalism
Chapter 3: The American Sunday School Union in Central new York
Chapter 4: Benevolent Reform in the Three Towns: Sunday Schools as a Case Study
Chapter 5: Abolitionism in Central New York: From Moral Suasion to Political Action
Chapter 6: Abolitionism in the Three Townships
Chapter 7: Who Were These Reformers?
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix One: Economy and Population of Mexico, Paris and Ithaca
Appendix Two: Reformers in Mexico, Paris and Ithaca
Appendix Three: Compiled Data on Reformers in Mexico, Paris and Ithaca