The Rise and Fall of Protestant Brooklyn: An American Story

by Glenn C Altschuler, Stuart M Blumin, Stuart M. Blumin, et al.

Book Overview

Winner of the Herbert H. Lehman Prize by the New York Academy of History.

In The Rise and Fall of Protestant Brooklyn, Stuart M. Blumin and Glenn C. Altschuler detail how nineteenth-century Brooklyn was dominated by Puritan New England Protestants and how their control unraveled with the arrival of diverse groups in the twentieth century.

Before becoming a hub of urban diversity, Brooklyn was a charming "town...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501765515
• ISBN13: 9781501765513
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Three Hills
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up