Reforming men and women
Subtitle: gender in the antebellum city
By: Bruce Dorsey.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Sex role -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Sex role -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Social reformers -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Social reformers -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Social problems -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Social problems -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Description: "Before the Civil War, the public lives of American men and women intersected most frequently in the arena of religious activism. Bruce Dorsey broadens the field of gender studies, incorporating an analysis of masculinity into the history of early American religion and reform. His is a holistic account that reveals the contested meanings of manhood and womanhood among antebellum Americans, both black and white, middle class and working class.".

"Combining stories of both ordinary individuals and major reformers with an insightful analysis of contemporary songs, plays, fiction, and polemics, Dorsey exposes the ways race, class, and ethnicity influenced the meanings of manhood and womanhood in nineteenth-century America. By linking his gendered history of religious activism with the transformations characterizing antebellum society, he contributes to a larger quest: to engender all of American history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Gender and reformers in the new republic; title: Poverty; title: Drink; title: Slavery; title: Immigration.