The spires still point to heaven: Cincinnati's religious landscape, 1788-1873
Note on Usage -- Introduction -- Beyond the Frontier: The Religious Landscape -- Athens of the West? Immigration, Cholera, and Alcohol -- "The Destiny of Our Nation": Missionary Competition in the Ohio Valley -- "The Cause of America": Nativism, Toleration, and Freedom -- "A...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Temple University Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Urban life, landscape, and policy
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| Further subjects: | B
Cincinnati (Ohio)
History 19th century
B Cincinnati (Ohio) Social conditions 18th century B Cincinnati (Ohio) History 18th century B Cincinnati (Ohio) Religion 19th century B Cincinnati (Ohio) Religion 18th century B United States Territorial expansion History 18th century B Cincinnati (Ohio) Social conditions 19th century B Religious Pluralism (Ohio) (Cincinnati) B United States Territorial expansion History 19th century |
| Summary: | Note on Usage -- Introduction -- Beyond the Frontier: The Religious Landscape -- Athens of the West? Immigration, Cholera, and Alcohol -- "The Destiny of Our Nation": Missionary Competition in the Ohio Valley -- "The Cause of America": Nativism, Toleration, and Freedom -- "A Young Empire of Mind": Education and the Bible War -- Epilogue -- Bibliographic Essay. "Explores how Cincinnati became a cultural focal point of the early American republic, highlighting questions of religion, ethnicity, and immigration in the context of specific issues such as epidemic disease, temperance reform, slavery, and education"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1439922942 |