The Democratic Dilemma: Religion, Reform, and the Social Order in the Connecticut River Valley of Vermont, 1791-1850

Abstract

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.