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The rise and fall of Protestant Brooklyn : an American story
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Stuart M. Blumin and Glenn C. Altschuler tell the story of nineteenth-century Brooklyn's domination by upper- and middle-class Protestants with roots in Puritan New England. This lively history des...
Stuart M. Blumin and Glenn C. Altschuler tell the story of nineteenth-century Brooklyn's domination by upper- and middle-class Protestants with roots in Puritan New England. This lively history describes the unraveling of the control they wielded as more ethnically diverse groups moved into the 'City of Churches' during the twentieth century.
Details
- Creator
- Stuart M. Blumin and Glenn C. Altschuler
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Ithaca : Three Hills, 2022
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (296 p.) : 53 b&w halftones, 4 maps
- ISBNs
- 1501765523, 9781501765520, 9781501765513, 1501765531, 1501765515, 9781501765537
- OCLC
- on1281791907
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- In English.
- Prologue: America's Brooklyn -- Brooklyn Village -- The City of Brooklyn -- On the waterfront -- Toward a New Brooklyn -- Newcomers -- Transformation -- Acceptance, resistance, flight -- Epilogue: Brooklyn's America
Subjects
- Protestantism -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
- Protestantism -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.