Reforming Men and Women: Gender in the Antebellum City Before the Civil War, the public lives of American men and women intersected most frequently in the arena of religious activism. Bruce Dorsey broadens the field of gender studies, incorporating an ana
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| Title | : | Reforming Men and Women: Gender in the Antebellum City |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.97 (338 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801438977 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2002-06-01 |
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Editorial : "Dorsey is a student of masculine gender history whose book solidifies into something both unique and useful when he moves to the primary source material on Philadelphia. His work with the nature of benevolence, temperance, and abolitionism across gender is particularly interesting. Summing Up: Recommended."Choice, April 2003, Vol. 40, No. 8
"As Dorsey moves methodically from topic to topic, examining the thoughts and actions of people in various social categories, historians will be impressed by the breadth of his research in primary and secondary sources. a solid synthesis, and application, of insights from recent gender and racial history."Peter C. Baldwin (University of Connecticut), Common-Place: The Interactive Journal of Early American Life, vol. 3, no. 4, July 2003
"Bruce Dorsey's Reforming Men and Women: Gender in the Antebellum City is an exciting and creative examination of reform activity in the early nineteenth century. Dorsey brilliantly demonstrates
Before the Civil War, the public lives of American men and women intersected most frequently in the arena of religious activism. Bruce Dorsey broadens the field of gender studies, incorporating an analysis of masculinity into the history of early American religion and reform. His is a holistic account that reveals the contested meanings of manhood and womanhood among antebellum Americans, both black and white, middle class and working class.Urban poverty, drink, slavery, and Irish Catholic immigrationfor each of these social problems that engrossed Northern reformers, Dorsey examines the often competing views held by male and female activists and shows how their perspectives were further complicated by differences in class, race, and generation. His primary focus is Philadelphia, birthplace of nearly every kind of benevolent and reform society and emblematic of changes occurring throughout the North. With an especially rich history of African-American activism, the city is ideal for Do
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