02543nam 2200613 a 450 991082799810332120200520144314.01-282-55302-X97866125530280-8203-3083-3(CKB)1000000000473430(OCoLC)647901093(CaPaEBR)ebrary10375909(SSID)ssj0000131963(PQKBManifestationID)11142964(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131963(PQKBWorkID)10028785(PQKB)10972037(MdBmJHUP)muse14626(Au-PeEL)EBL3038836(CaPaEBR)ebr10375909(CaONFJC)MIL255302(MiAaPQ)EBC3038836(EXLCZ)99100000000047343020050516d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCreating the culture of reform in antebellum America /T. Gregory Garvey1st ed.Athens, Ga. University of Georgia Pressc20061 online resource (278 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8203-2685-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index.Discursive democracy and the culture of reform -- Religious pluralism and the origins of the culture of reform -- Sincerity and publicity in the Grimke-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.In this study, T. Gregory Garvey illustrates how activists and reformers claimed the instruments of mass media to create a freestanding culture of reform that enabled voices disfranchised by church or state to speak as equals in public debates over the nation's values.Social reformersUnited StatesHistory19th centuryDeliberative democracyUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistory1815-1861United StatesSocial conditionsTo 1865Social reformersHistoryDeliberative democracyHistory303.48/4/097309034Garvey T. Gregory1962-1679193MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827998103321Creating the culture of reform in antebellum America4047265UNINA