Joseph P. Slaughter

Faith in Markets

Christian Capitalism in the Early American Republic

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Produktbeschreibung

Faith in Markets offers a new account of the interplay between religion and capitalism in nineteenth-century American history by telling the stories of the Protestant entrepreneurs who established businesses to serve as agents of cultural and economic reform.

Produktdetails

• Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 151mm x 230mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9780231191111
• ISBN-10: 0231191111
• Artikelnr.: 69073616

Autorenporträt

Joseph P. Slaughter is assistant professor of history at Wesleyan University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Early Nineteenth-Century Capitalism and Religion
Part I: Christian Communal Capitalism
1. Communal Industry: Harmonie, Pennsylvania
2. Industry on the Frontier: Harmonie, Indiana
3. Republican Industry: Economie, Pennsylvania
Part II: Christian Reform Capitalism
4. The Sabbatarians
5. The Pioneers
6. Conflict, Defeat, and Victory
Part III: Christian Virtue Capitalism
7. Methodist Printer-Publishers
8. Creating a Moral Republic
9. Fostering an American Protestant Identity
Conclusion: Morality and Markets, Then and Now
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index