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Hellfire nation [electronic resource] : the politics of sin in American history / James A. Morone.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 575 p.) : ill., mapsISBN:
  • 9780300130232 (electronic bk.)
  • 0300130236 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780300094848 (alk. paper)
  • 0300094841 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hellfire nation.DDC classification:
  • 973 22
LOC classification:
  • E183 .M873 2003eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : A nation with the soul of a church -- pt. 1. The Puritan foundations of morality politics (1630-1776). Us : the city on a hill -- Them : heretic, heathen, and witch -- The Puritans become America -- pt. 2. The abolitionist crusade (1800-1865). The wrath of God in Black and white -- Abolition! -- South : the pro-slavery argument -- North : the ragged chorus of the Union -- pt. 3. The Victorian quest for virtue (1870-1929). Purity and the woman's sphere -- White slaves and the modern witch-hunt -- Temperance : crucible of race and class -- Prohibition and the rise of big government -- pt. 4. The Social Gospel at high tide (1932-1973). The New Deal call to alms -- Manifest destiny and the Cold War -- The sixties -- pt. 5. The Puritans roar again. Modern morals.
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ელ.რესურსი ელ.რესურსი ეროვნული სამეცნიერო ბიბლიოთეკა 1 [2:32](73)+94(73) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. [499]-560) and index.

Introduction : A nation with the soul of a church -- pt. 1. The Puritan foundations of morality politics (1630-1776). Us : the city on a hill -- Them : heretic, heathen, and witch -- The Puritans become America -- pt. 2. The abolitionist crusade (1800-1865). The wrath of God in Black and white -- Abolition! -- South : the pro-slavery argument -- North : the ragged chorus of the Union -- pt. 3. The Victorian quest for virtue (1870-1929). Purity and the woman's sphere -- White slaves and the modern witch-hunt -- Temperance : crucible of race and class -- Prohibition and the rise of big government -- pt. 4. The Social Gospel at high tide (1932-1973). The New Deal call to alms -- Manifest destiny and the Cold War -- The sixties -- pt. 5. The Puritans roar again. Modern morals.

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