Author: Johnson, Paul E.,
Title: A Shopkeeper's Millennium: society and revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837: American Century Series.
Description: NY, Hill and Wang, (1993). 18th ptg. VG PB. The religious revival that flourished in the 2nd quarter of the 19th century found its most spectacular expression in Rochester,. NY. It made the U.S. the most militantly Protestant nation on earth and had an enormous influence on many Northern antebellumreform movements, including abolition and temperance. A literate, crisply argued narrative history which not only explores the interconnections between economic, social, political and religious change but presents an evocative picture of a rapidly growing fromtier city.

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