American Catholics : a history of the Roman Catholic community in the United States / / James Hennesey ; with a foreword by John Tracy Ellis

• Autore: Hennesey James J
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, c1981
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (414 pages)
• Disciplina: 28273; 781.650904
• Soggetto topico: Catholics - United States - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; I: Spanish America; II: New France; III: Louisiana; IV: English America: Maryland; V: English America: Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York; VI: Revolution; VII: Organization of a Church; VIII: The Failure of Carroll's Plans; IX: The Era of the Common Man; X: Immigrants Become the Church; XI: Westward the Course of Empire; XII: Abolition and Civil War; XIII: Reconstruction; XIV: The Gilded Age; XV: Growing Pains in the Catholic Community; XVI: The End of the Beginning; XVII: So Certain and Set Apart; XVIII: Catholicism Unbound: The Church of the Twenties; XIX: We Shall Not Wither Up and Blow Away; XX: Cross and Flag; XXI: A Revolutionary Moment; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Traces the development of the Catholic community in the United States from colonial times to the present and examines their influence on American history.
• Titolo autorizzato: American Catholics
• ISBN: 0-19-987855-2; 0-19-028115-4; 0-19-501269-0; 0-19-802036-8; 1-280-52292-5; 1-4294-0090-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810107003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II