The Democratic Dilemma: Religion, Reform, and the Social Order in the Connecticut River Valley of Vermont, 1791–1850

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
List of tables and maps......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
1 - The revolutionary frontier, 1763--1800......Page 26
2 - The failure of the covenanted community and the standing order, 1791--1815......Page 52
3 - Religion and reform in the shaping of a new order, 1815--1828......Page 91
4 - From an era of promise to pressing times, 1815--1843......Page 128
5 - A clamor for reform, 1828--1835......Page 153
6 - The great revival, 1827--1843......Page 198
7 - A modified order in town life and politics, 1835--1850......Page 231
8 - Boosterism, sentiment, free soil, and the preservation of a Christian, reformed republic......Page 276
Conclusion: Religion, reform, and the problem of order in the Age of Democratic Revolution......Page 310
Appendix A - Church records......Page 322
Appendix B - Types of towns......Page 327
Appendix C - Occupational groups......Page 330
Appendix D - Statistical methods......Page 334
Notes......Page 336
Index......Page 404