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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777819703321

Autore

Garvey T. Gregory <1962->

Titolo

Creating the culture of reform in antebellum America [[electronic resource] /] / T. Gregory Garvey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-55302-X

9786612553028

0-8203-3083-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/4/097309034

Soggetti

Social reformers - United States - History - 19th century

Deliberative democracy - United States - History - 19th century

United States History 1815-1861

United States Social conditions To 1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Discursive democracy and the culture of reform -- Religious pluralism and the origins of the culture of reform -- Sincerity and publicity in the GrimkeĢ-Beecher debate -- Garrison, Douglass, and the problem of politics -- Emerson's self-reliance as a theory of community -- Epilogue : sincerity and pluralism in critical conversation.