The Meaning of Henry Ward Beecher. An Essay on the Shifting Values of Mid-Victorian American, 1840-1870.

by William G. (Gerald) McLoughlin [1922-1992]

Hardcover, 1970

Call number

BX7260.B3 M395 1970

Publication

New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Physical description

xiii, 275, viii p.; 22 cm

Notes

CONTENTS
Prologue
I. "Liberator" or "Reactionary"?
II. Science and Religion.
III. Through Nature to God.
IV. It's Love That Makes the World Go Round.
V. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Affluence.
VI. Art for the People, Culture for the Masses.
VII. Transcendental and Darwinian Elitism.
VIII. Social Engineering in a Democracy.
IX. The North, the South, and the Civil War.
X. White Supremacy, and Anglo-Saxon Destiny.
Epilogue: A Popular Prophet: "Thoroughly American"
Notes.
Index.

Barcode

020a151000

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