American Catholics : a history of the Roman Catholic community in the United States / James Hennesey ; with a foreword by John Tracy Ellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hennesey, James J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholics--United States--History.

Catholics.

Catholic Church--United States--History.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traces the development of the Catholic community in the United States from colonial times to the present and examines their influence on American history.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; I: Spanish America; II: New France; III: Louisiana; IV: English America: Maryland; V: English America: Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York; VI: Revolution; VII: Organization of a Church; VIII: The Failure of Carroll's Plans; IX: The Era of the Common Man; X: Immigrants Become the Church; XI: Westward the Course of Empire; XII: Abolition and Civil War; XIII: Reconstruction; XIV: The Gilded Age; XV: Growing Pains in the Catholic Community; XVI: The End of the Beginning; XVII: So Certain and Set Apart; XVIII: Catholicism Unbound: The Church of the Twenties; XIX: We Shall Not Wither Up and Blow Away; XX: Cross and Flag; XXI: A Revolutionary Moment; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4294-0090-0

1-280-52292-5

0-19-802036-8

0-19-987855-2

OCLC:

476006098