Moralists and Modernizers: America's Pre-Civil War Reformers (The American Moment)
[A] well-written, attention-grabbing synethesis of the antebellum reform movement in the US... Mintz makes accessible to readers of all levels a good, solid historical study comparing all of these important movements.(Choice)This text stands tall, offering historical perspective to issues that still baffle the American people and demonstrating how perennial are the battles for equal justice and social transformation.(Cross Currents: Religion and Intellectual Life)