Grassroots Reform in the Burned-over District of Upstate New York - Religion, Abolitionism, and Democracy

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Chapter 1: The Three Towns: Their Economy and Population; Chapter 2: The Three Towns: From Moral Desolation to Religious Institutionalism; Chapter 3: The American Sunday School Union in Central new York; Chapter 4: Benevolent Reform in the Three Towns: Sunday Schools as a Case Study; Chapter 5: Abolitionism in Central New York: From Moral Suasion to Political Action; Chapter 6: Abolitionism in the Three Townships; Chapter 7: Who Were These Reformers?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix One: Economy and Population of Mexico, Paris and Ithaca; Appendix Two: Reformers in Mexico, Paris and Ithaca; Appendix Three: Compiled Data on Reformers in Mexico, Paris and Ithaca

About the author

Judith Wellman

Summary

Before the Civil War, upstate New York earned itself a nickname: the burned-over district. African Americans were few in upstate New York, so this work focuses on reformers in three predominately white communities.

Product details

• Authors: Judith Wellman, Wellman Judith
• Assisted by: Graham Russell Hodges (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2000
• EAN: 9780815337928
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-3792-8
• No. of pages: 298
• Weight: 710 g
• Series: Studies in African American History and Culture
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; New York, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Regional Studies, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Regional / International studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Development Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, New York (state)