Man's better angels : romantic reformers and the coming of the Civil War / Philip F. Gura.

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Man's Better Angels explores the ideas that influenced antebellum reform efforts in the United States, especially after the social, political, and economic shocks the country suffered after the Panic of 1837. The Panic also galvanized reformers, encouraging some to act and others to act even more ag...

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Main Author: Gura, Philip F., 1950- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Social reformers > United States > History.
Social problems > United States > History.
United States > History > 1815-1861.
Social problems.
Social reformers.
United States.
1815-1861
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:315 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • George Ripley, Transcendentalist dreamer
  • Horace Greeley and the French connection
  • William B. Greene and the allure of mutualism
  • O. S. Fowler: reading the national character, for a price
  • Mary Gove Nichols: individual health and sovereignty
  • Thoreau's nullification
  • John Brown and the bankruptcy of conscience.