The Rude Hand of Innovation: Religion and Social Order in Albany, New York, 1652-1836

by David G. Hackett

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This path-breaking study analyzes the social and religious transformation of Albany, New York, from the town's colonial origins through industrialization in the early nineteenth century. Rather than see the transformation of traditional societies as a process of modernization, Hackett adopts a broader conception of religion as a cultural system and argues that culture influences social order differently in different historical periods. During most...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195065131

ISBN13:9780195065138

Release Date:July 1991

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"

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History Religion Religion & Spirituality

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