Hellfire Nation: the Politics of Sin in American History by James A. Morone.
Description
Us : the city on a hill -- Them : heretic, heathen, and witch -- The Puritans become America -- The wrath of God in Black and white -- Abolition! -- South : the proslavery argument -- North : the ragged chorus of the Union -- Purity and the woman's sphere -- White slaves and the modern witch- hunt -- Temperance : crucible of race and class -- Prohibition and the rise of big government -- The New Deal call to alms -- Manifest destiny in Cold War -- The sixties -- Modern morals.
xii, 575 p. :ill., maps ;25 cm.
Book Details
Author
Morone, James A.
Place Published
City
New Haven
Date Published
circa 2003
Publication Subjects
Religion and politics--United States--History.
Call No.
E183 .M873 2003
ISBN
0300094841 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2002007541
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.