Creating the culture of reform in antebellum America /:

"In this study, T. Gregory Garvey illustrates how activists and reformers claimed the instruments of mass media to create a freestanding culture of reform that enabled voices disfranchised by church or state to speak as equals in public debates over the nation's values. Competition among a...

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Main Author: Garvey, T. Gregory, 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, ©2006.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"In this study, T. Gregory Garvey illustrates how activists and reformers claimed the instruments of mass media to create a freestanding culture of reform that enabled voices disfranchised by church or state to speak as equals in public debates over the nation's values. Competition among antebellum reformers in religion, women's rights, and antislavery institutionalized a structure of ideological debate that continues to define popular reform movements."--Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 263 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index.
ISBN:0820330833
9780820330839

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