Man’s Better Angels : : Romantic Reformers and the Coming of the Civil War / / Philip F. Gura.

Banks failed, inequality grew, people were out of work, and slavery threatened to rend the nation in two. The Panic of 1837 drew forth reformers who, animated by self-reliance, became prophets of a new moral order that would make America great again. Philip Gura captures a Romantic moment that was s...

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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. George Ripley, Transcendentalist Dreamer -- 2. Horace Greeley and the French Connection -- 3. William B. Greene and the Allure of Mutualism -- 4. Orson Squire Fowler: Reading the National Character, for a Price -- 5. Mary Gove Nichols: Individual Health and Sovereignty -- 6. Thoreau’s Nullification -- 7. John Brown and the Bankruptcy of Conscience -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
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Banks failed, inequality grew, people were out of work, and slavery threatened to rend the nation in two. The Panic of 1837 drew forth reformers who, animated by self-reliance, became prophets of a new moral order that would make America great again. Philip Gura captures a Romantic moment that was soon overtaken by civil war and postwar pragmatism.
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Contents --
Introduction --
1. George Ripley, Transcendentalist Dreamer --
2. Horace Greeley and the French Connection --
3. William B. Greene and the Allure of Mutualism --
4. Orson Squire Fowler: Reading the National Character, for a Price --
5. Mary Gove Nichols: Individual Health and Sovereignty --
6. Thoreau’s Nullification --
7. John Brown and the Bankruptcy of Conscience --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
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2. Horace Greeley and the French Connection --
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5. Mary Gove Nichols: Individual Health and Sovereignty --
6. Thoreau’s Nullification --
7. John Brown and the Bankruptcy of Conscience --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
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6. Thoreau’s Nullification --
7. John Brown and the Bankruptcy of Conscience --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
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