| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 389 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-369) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Religion, emotion, and the double self -- The businessmen's revival -- The anxiety of Boston at mid-century -- Overexcitement, economic collapse, and the regulation of business -- Emotion, collective performance and value -- Emotional religion and the ministerial "balance-wheel" -- Men-women, and emotion -- Domestic contracts -- Clerks, apprentices, and boyculture -- Prayerful transactions -- Emotion, character, and ethnicity -- Epilogue: The meaning of the revival and its legacy -- Appendix 1. History, religion, and emotion: a historiographical survey -- Appendix 2. Emotion as heart, blood, and body -- Appendix 3. Emotion and the common sense philosophy. |
| Summary |
The 'Businessmen's Revival' was a religious revival that unfolded in the wake of the 1857 market crash among white, middle-class Protestants. Delving into the religious history of Boston in the 1850s, John Corrigan gives an imaginative and wide-ranging interpretive study of the revival's significance. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Revivals -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century.
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Revivals. |
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Massachusetts -- Boston. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Emotions -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- 19th century.
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Emotions -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines. |
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Emotions -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Protestants -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century.
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Protestants. |
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Businessmen -- Religious life -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Businessmen -- Religious life. |
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Businessmen. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Corrigan, John, 1952- Business of the heart. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002 0520221966 (DLC) 2001004447 (OCoLC)47696360 |
| ISBN |
9780520924321 (electronic book) |
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0520924320 (electronic book) |
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1417523581 (electronic book) |
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9781417523580 (electronic book) |
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9780520221963 |
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0520221966 |
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0520221966 (alkaline paper) |
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