Restless Visionaries: The Social Roots of Antebellum Reform in Alabama and Michigan Tapa dura - 1998

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 9 1/4 h x 6 1/4w. A nice looking 562 page first edition hardcover. Has some margin notes and underlining but still nice. In the decades before the Civil War, numerous Americans lent their enthusiasm to various social reform movements. In this ground-breaking work, John Quist explores reform movements in two individual counties--one in the Old Northwest, the other in the Deep South--to understand better how deeply and extensively the climate of reform penetrated American life. In both Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, and Washtensaw County, Michigan, Quist investigates those causes that eventually were carried forward by large voluntary associations: namely, evangelical benevolence, temperance, the colonization of blacks to Africa, and the abolition of slavery. He tracks the changes and continuities that occurred in the religious, social, and political constituencies of reform, and notes the development of the… Leer más

Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1998-11-01. Hardcover. Like New. a great like new copy! clean and tight pages. fast and secure shipping.

LSU Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Louisiana State University Press, 1998-11. Hardcover. Good.

Louisiana State University Press, 1998. First Edition; First Impression. Hardcover. As New in As New dust jacket. From private collection, Hard cover with dustjacket; No marks. Clean and tight. As new but for small ink stamp on endpaper. ; 1.51 x 9.34 x 6.36 Inches; 562 pages; 21048 Professional bookseller for twenty years. Orders shipped daily in cardboard bookfolds.

Louisiana State University Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.