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American Infidelity : The Gilded Age Battle over Freethought, Free Love, and Feminism.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Green, Steven K., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (332 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.
- Summary:
- American Infidelity uncovers a forgotten cultural battle at the heart of the Gilded Age--a fierce clash between evangelical moralism and the radical movements for freethought, feminism, and sexual freedom. Historian Steven K. Green brings this explosive era to life, revealing how the tensions that defined the late 19th century still shape American debates today.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1 The Freethought Impulse
- The Dominance and Dilemma of Protestantism
- The Foundations of Gilded Age Freethought
- The Moderate Freethought Impulse
- Spiritualism
- 2 The Emergence of Gilded Age Freethought
- The Significance of Robert G. Ingersoll
- Moderate Freethought
- The Liberal Agenda
- 3 The Battle Over Free Love and Obscenity
- The Notorious Victoria Woodhull
- Enter Anthony Comstock
- Comstock's War On Obscenity and Freethought
- Comstock Versus Cupid
- The Liberal League and Obscenity
- 4 Freethought Under Fire
- "My Special Enemies"
- The Great Agnostic
- The "Golden Age"
- Blasphemers
- Freethought On the Defensive
- 5 Women's Rights and Religion
- The Antebellum Religious Origins of the Women's Rights Movement
- The Religious Evolution of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- The Postwar Controversy Over Women's Rights and Marriage Reform
- "Divorce Mania"
- The Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Limits to Reform
- Collaboration and Compromise
- Final Radicalization
- The Woman's Bible
- Reaction
- 6 "This Is a Christian Nation"
- The School Question
- Sunday Enforcement and the National Sabbath Law
- Chicago World's Fair
- Comstock and the Exposition
- The "Christian Nation" Decision
- Comstock's Final Crusades
- Conclusion
- Anthony Comstock's Legacy
- The Christian Nation Debate
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-782229-0
- 0-19-782228-2
- 0-19-782227-4
- 9780197822272
- OCLC:
- 1565404331
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