The Rude Hand of Innovation : Religion and Social Order in Albany, New York 1652-1836.
Title:
The Rude Hand of Innovation : Religion and Social Order in Albany, New York 1652-1836.
Author:
Hackett, David G.
ISBN:
9780195362299
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Series:
Religion in America
Contents:
Contents -- Tables -- Maps -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Religion and Social Order in Colonial Albany -- The World of the Albany Dutch -- English Authority and Dutch Culture -- The British Occupation -- Chapter 2 From Albany Townspeople to Americans: The Social Origins of Nationalism -- Economy -- Politics -- Methodists -- Calvinists -- The Social Origins of Nationalism -- Chapter 3 The Yankee Invasion -- Religious Life in the 1790's -- Presbyterians -- A Yankee Town -- Chapter 4 The Twilight of Calvinism -- Social Changes -- Calvinism in the Early Nineteenth Century -- The Methodist Ideology -- The Mechanics' Ideology -- Methodists and Mechanics -- Chapter 5 The Changing Meaning of Nationalism in the Early Nineteenth Century -- Social Changes -- Patriotic Productivity -- Workingmen -- Temperance: Moral Revision and Cultural Change -- Chapter 6 The Emergence of the New Society -- Fourth Presbyterian Church -- The Social Background of Evangelicals -- Workingmen and Evangelicals -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: A Note on Method -- Appendix B: Social Differences Between the Workingmen and Their Rivals -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
This path-breaking study analyzes the social and religious transformation of Albany, New York, from the town's colonial origins through industrialization in the early nineteenth century. Rather than see the transformation of traditional societies as a process of modernization, Hackett adopts abroader conception of religion as a cultural system and argues that culture influences social order differently in different historical periods. During most of Albany's colonial period, the Dutch townspeople absorbed British people and customs into their Calvinist way of life. Following theRevolution, large scale immigration, urbanization, and the initial spurt of an industrial economy transformed Albany into a bustling commercial center. At the same time new political and religious ideologies that disagreed among themselves yet together advocated economic growth, democracy,education, and individual rights, challenged and finally replaced Calvinism. Drawing on the resources of sociology, social history, and religion, this study illuminates not only the social history of Albany but also presents a new interpretation of the relationship between religion and social orderin American history.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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