The Democratic Dilemma

The Democratic Dilemma seeks to explain Vermonters' extraordinary faith and idealism.

Klappentext
The Democratic Dilemma seeks to explain Vermonters??? extraordinary faith and idealism.

Zusammenfassung
This book argues that Vermonters, as the most radical democrats of the Age of Revolution and conservators of New England's traditions, faced a dilemma: how to reconcile their commitment to competition, toleration, and popular sovereignty with their desire to defend an orderly and pious way of life.

Inhalt
List of tables and maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The revolutionary frontier, 1763-1800; 2. The failure of the covenanted community and the standing order, 1791-1815; 3. Religion and reform in the shaping of a new order, 1815-28; 4. From an era of promise to pressing times, 1815-43; 5. A clamor for reform, 1828-35; 6. The great revival, 1827-43; 7. A modified order in town life and politics, 1835-50; 8. Boosterism, sentiment, free soil, and the preservation of a Christian, reformed republic; Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Index.

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