The spires still point to heaven : Cincinnati's religious landscape, 1788-1873 / Matthew Smith.

"Explores how Cincinnati became a cultural focal point of the early American republic, highlighting questions of religion, ethnicity, and immigration in the context of specific issues such as epidemic disease, temperance reform, slavery, and education"--

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Urban life, landscape, and policy.
Main Author: Smith, Matthew, 1977- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2023.
Series:Urban life, landscape, and policy.
Subjects:
Religious pluralism > Ohio > Cincinnati.
Cincinnati (Ohio) > History > 18th century.
Cincinnati (Ohio) > History > 19th century.
Cincinnati (Ohio) > Religion > 18th century.
Cincinnati (Ohio) > Religion > 19th century.
Cincinnati (Ohio) > Social conditions > 18th century.
Cincinnati (Ohio) > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States > Territorial expansion > History > 18th century.
United States > Territorial expansion > History > 19th century.
Religion.
Religious pluralism.
Social conditions.
Territorial expansion.
Ohio > Cincinnati.
United States.
1700-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Note on Usage
  • Introduction
  • Beyond the Frontier: The Religious Landscape
  • Athens of the West? Immigration, Cholera, and Alcohol
  • "The Destiny of Our Nation": Missionary Competition in the Ohio Valley
  • "The Cause of America": Nativism, Toleration, and Freedom
  • "A Young Empire of Mind": Education and the Bible War
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliographic Essay.