Whitney R. Cross

The Burned-over District (eBook, ePUB)

The Social and Intellectual History of Enthusiastic Religion in Western New York, 1800-1850

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Burned-over District was a name applied to a small region, during a limited period of history, to indicate a particular phase of development. It described the religious character of western New York during the first half of the nineteenth century. Time, subject, and area have thus all combined to confine the scope of this book. The study has nevertheless seemed rewarding, mainly because its implications transcend all three limitations."The meaning expands in a geographical sense because this one area provides a case history in the westward transit of New England culture. Likewise, it is representative as a sample of the change from youth to maturity in a single section affected by continuing westward movement. The subject of religion has broader significance in this period and locality than might at first appear. This section was the storm center, and religious forces were the driving propellants of social movements important for the whole country in that generation. As far as time goes, this book is an illustration of the way in which the minds of one era help to form the destinies of succeeding generations. Neither the causes of the Civil War nor the origins of national prohibition, to cite only two prominent examples, can be thoroughly understood without reference to the Burned-over District."-from the Preface

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780801477003
• Artikelnr.: 48786972

Autorenporträt

The late Whitney R. Cross was Assistant Professor of History at West Virginia University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of MapsBOOK I. ORIGINS: 1800-1825
Chapter 1. The Great Revival
Chapter 2. Yankee Benevolence
Chapter 3. PremonitionsBOOK II. ENVIRONMENT: 1825-1850
Chapter 4. Canal Days
Chapter 5. Social PatternsBOOK III. PORTENTS: 1825-1831
Chapter 6. The Martyr
Chapter 7. Yorker Benevolence
Chapter 8. The Prophet
Chapter 9. The EvangelistBOOK IV. GENESIS OF ULTRAISM: 1826-1837
Chapter 10. New Measures
Chapter 11. New Men
Chapter 12. New IdeasBOOK V. HARVEST: 1830-1845
Chapter 13. A Moral Reformation
Chapter 14. Perfect Sanctification
Chapter 15. Schism
Chapter 16. The Pattern of Dispersing UltraismBOOK VI. AFTERMATH: 1840-1850
Chapter 17. The End of the World
Chapter 18. Utopia Now
Chapter 19. World without End
Chapter 20. The Passing EraAppendix. Notes on Maps
Index