{"product_id":"moralists-and-modernizers-americas-precivil-war-reformers-the-american-moment-9780801850813","title":"Moralists and Modernizers Americas PreCivil War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt emphasizes the duality of antebellum reform, which blended impulses toward social and moral uplift with impulses to impose new codes of personal conduct, shape character, and construct new institutions of social control.\"-from Moralists and Modernizers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[A] well-written, attention-grabbing synethesis of the antebellum reform movement in the US... Mintz makes accessible to readers of all levels a good, solid historical study comparing all of these important movements. Choice This text stands tall, offering historical perspective to issues that still baffle the American people and demonstrating how perennial are the battles for equal justice and social transformation. Cross Currents: Religion and Intellectual Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEditor's Foreword\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Specter of Social Breakdown\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Promise of the Millennium\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Making the United States a Christian Republic: The Politics of Virtue\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Science of Doing Good: Creating Crucibles of Moral Character \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Breaking the Bonds of Corrupt Custom\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/i\u003e: Antebellum Reform and the American Liberal Tradition\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliographical Essay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527610179927,"sku":"9780801850813","price":27.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801850813.jpg?v=1731868532","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/moralists-and-modernizers-americas-precivil-war-reformers-the-american-moment-9780801850813","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}