A Shopkeeper's Millennium

Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837

Author: Paul E. Johnson
ISBN: 0809001365

The religious revival that flourished in the early nineteenth century and changed American life found its most spectacular expression in Rochester, New York. The revival, in Rochester and elsewhere, made the United States the most militantly Protestant nation on earth and had an enormous influence on many Northern antebellum reform movements, including abolition and temperance. But although many historians have discussed its profound and wide-ranging effects, we know very little about its causes. A Shopkeeper's Millennium not only explores the interconnections between these vitally important economic, social, political, and religious changes but presents an evocative picture of a rapidly growing frontier city.

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publish Date: 1979-01-01

Subjects: History / United States / 19th Century, Religion / History, History / Social History

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