Ante-bellum reform.
Series: Interpretations of American history
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Social reformers -- United States; United States -- Social conditions
Description: New England reformers, by R. W. Emerson.--The northern attack on slavery, by A. Craven.--The abolitionists and psychology, by M. B. Duberman.--The psychology of commitment: the constructive role of violence and suffering for the individual and for his society, by S. S. Tomkins.--The Anglo-American world of humanitarian endeavor, by F. Thistlethwaite.--Religious benevolence as social control, 1815-1860, by C. S. Griffin.--Charles Grandison Finney, by W. G. McLoughlin.--Religious groups and political parties, by L. Benson.--Temperance, status control, and mobility, 1826-1860, by J. R. Gusfield.--The emergence of immediatism in British and American antislavery thought, by D. B. Davis.--Romantic reform in America, 1815-1865, by J. L. Thomas.--Selective bibliography (p. 177-180).
Table of contents: title: New England reformers, by R. W. Emerson.; title: The northern attack on slavery, by A. Craven.; title: The abolitionists and psychology, by M. B. Duberman.; title: The psychology of commitment: the constructive role of violence and suffering for the individual and for his society, by S. S. Tomkins.; title: The Anglo-American world of humanitarian endeavor, by F. Thistlethwaite.; title: Religious benevolence as social control, 1815-1860, by C. S. Griffin.; title: Charles Grandison Finney, by W. G. McLoughlin.; title: Religious groups and political parties, by L. Benson.; title: Temperance, status control, and mobility, 1826-1860, by J. R. Gusfield.; title: The emergence of immediatism in British and American antislavery thought, by D. B. Davis.; title: Romantic reform in America, 1815-1865, by J. L. Thomas.; title: Selective bibliography (p. 177-180)