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Author:

Bulthuis, Kyle T.

Title:

Four steeples over the city streets : religion and society in New York's early republic congregations / Kyle T. Bulthuis.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

New York (N.Y.)--Church history--19th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Church history--18th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-261) and index.

Contents:

About the Author. Introduction: The Pursuit of Religious, Racial, and Social Unity in an Early Republic Metropolis -- 8. The Foundations of Religious Establishment: The Colonial Era -- 2. Religious Establishment Challenged, Destroyed, and Re-formed: The Revolutionary Era -- 3. Creating Merchant Churches: The 1790s -- 4. Stepping Up and Out: White Women in the Church, 1800-1820 -- 5. Gendering Race in the Church: Black Male Benevolence, 1800-1820 -- 6. Preacher Power: Congregational Political Struggles as Social Conflicts, 1810-1830 -- 7. Neighborly Refinement and Withdrawal: 1820-1840 -- 8. Reaping the Whirlwind: Immigration and Riot, 1830-1850 -- Conclusion. Elusive Unity: City Churches in a Romantic Age, after 1840 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Series:

Early American places

ISBN:

147981427X (cl : alk. paper)
9781479814275 (cl : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)876883321

LCCN:

2014015104

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)