Business of the Heart: Religion and Emotion in the Nineteenth Century

by John Corrigan

Book Overview

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. He uses it as a focal point for addressing a spectacular range of phenomena in American culture: the ecclesiastical and business history of Boston;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520221966
• ISBN13: 9780520221963
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 401 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"