Grassroots Reform in the Burned-over District of Upstate New York

Religion, Abolitionism, and Democracy

Judith Wellman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

298 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-99203-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Judith Wellman

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

Erscheinungsdatum	22.06.2016
Reihe/Serie	Studies in African American History and Culture
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	399 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-99203-8 / 1138992038
ISBN-13	978-1-138-99203-0 / 9781138992030
Zustand	Neuware