Man's better angels : romantic reformers and the coming of the Civil War /
Gura, Philip F.,1950-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
George Ripley, Transcendentalist dreamer -- Horace Greeley and the French connection -- William B. Greene and the allure of mutualism -- Orson Squire Fowler: reading the national character, for a price -- Mary Gove Nichols: individual health and sovereignty -- Thoreau's nullification -- John Brown and the bankruptcy of conscience.
Social reformers
Social problems