Description
Book SynopsisLiam Riordan explores how the American Revolution politicized religious, racial, and ethnic identity among the diverse inhabitants of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey from 1770 to 1830.
Trade Review"An admirable historical study whose treatments of early national religion and politics are particularly strong and well worth the perusal of historians teaching the American survey. Riordan's depth of research and analysis speaks to his skill and dedication, and the ambitious range of his project a testament to his vision as a historian of the early republic." *
Journal of the Early Republic *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
List of Tables
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Importance of Place: Cultural Diversity in Three River Towns
Chapter 2. The Crisis of Everyday Life during the Revolutionary War
Chapter 3. Local Struggles and National Order in the Postwar Period
Chapter 4. Protestant Diversity in the New Nation
Chapter 5. The Campaign for Christian Unity
Chapter 6. The Campaign for Political Unity
Chapter 7. The Persistence of Local Diversity
Appendix
A Note on the Unit of Comparison
Tables 1-5
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
