The Democratic Dilemma - Religion, Reform, and the Social Order in the Connecticut River Valley of Vermont, 1791-1850 (Hardcover)

The Democratic Dilemma seeks to explain Vermonters' extraordinary faith and idealism. It argues that Vermonters, as the most radical democrats of the Age of Revolution and conservators of New England's traditions, faced a dilemma: how to reconcile their commitment to competition, toleration, and popular sovereignty with their desire to defend an orderly and pious way of life. By embedding democratic ideals in their institutions and their society. Denominations and political parties clashed, townspeople and church members proved ungovernable, and young people grew wayward and rebellious. An economic and demographic crisis in the 1830s and 1840s compounded these problems by denying many inhabitants what they wanted most independent shops and farms for themselves and their descendants. None of these problems could he solved without restraining spiritual, political, and economic freedom and compromising the principles of Vermont's revolution.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 1987
First published:	1987
Authors:	Randolph A. Roth
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	410
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-30183-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-521-30183-1
Barcode:	9780521301831

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