Garvey, T. Gregory, 1962-

Creating the culture of reform in antebellum America / T. Gregory Garvey. - Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2006. - xii, 263 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index.

Discursive democracy and the culture of reform -- Religious pluralism and the origins of the culture of reform -- Sincerity and publicity in the Grimké-Beecher debate -- Garrison, Douglass, and the problem of politics -- Emerson's self-reliance as a theory of community -- Epilogue : sincerity and pluralism in critical conversation.

0820326852 (hdbk. : alk. paper) 9780820326856

2005014069

GBA606235 bnb

013360162 Uk


Social reformers--History--United States--19th century.
Deliberative democracy--History--United States--19th century.


United States--History--1815-1861.
United States--Social conditions--To 1865.

E415.7 / .G212 2006

303.48/4/097309034