Anti-Catholicism in America, 1620-1860

Informationen zum Autor Maura Jane Farrelly is Associate Professor American Studies at Brandeis University, Massachusetts. Klappentext Farrelly uses America's early history of anti-Catholicism to reveal contemporary American understandings of freedom, government, God, the individual, and the community. Zusammenfassung Useful for readers who want a clear and useful understanding of the origins and meaning of anti-Catholic bias in America! and the ironic role that such bias played in defining and sustaining some of the core values of American identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. 'It hath been found inconsistent with the safety and welfare of this Protestant Kingdom.': anti-Catholicism in Old England and New; 2. 'This Province is God be thanked very peaceable and quiet.': anti-Catholicism and colonial Catholics in the seventeenth century; 3. 'The common Word then was: No King, No Popery.': anti-Catholicism and the American revolution; 4. 'The Catholic religion is modified by the spirit of the time in America.': anti-Catholicism and the new republic; 5. 'Those now pouring in upon us...are wholly of another kind in morals and intellect.': anti-Catholicism in the age of immigration; 6. 'The benumbing and paralyzing influence of Romanism is such, as to disqualify a person for the relish and enjoyment of liberty.': anti-Catholicism and American politics; Epilogue.

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• Authors: Maura Jane Farrelly, Maura Jane (Brandeis University Farrelly, Farrelly Maura Jane
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781107164505
• ISBN: 978-1-107-16450-5
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Cambridge Essential Histories; Cambridge Essential Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), History of Religion, Colonialism and imperialism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas