The Rise and Fall of Protestant Brooklyn : An American Story
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| Title: | The Rise and Fall of Protestant Brooklyn : An American Story |
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| Description: | Winner of the Herbert H. Lehman Prize from 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 across the river'from Manhattan, known for its churches and suburban life. This changed with the city's growth, new secular institutions, and Coney Island's attractions, which clashed with post-Puritan values.Despite these changes, Yankee-Protestant dominance continued until the influx of Southern and Eastern European immigrants. The Rise and Fall of Protestant Brooklyn explores how these new residents built a vibrant ethnic mosaic, laying the foundation for cultural pluralism and embedding it in the American Creed. |
| Authors: | Stuart M. Blumin, Glenn C. Altschuler |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Protestantism--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century, Protestantism--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century |
| Categories: | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA), RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Winner of the Herbert H. Lehman Prize from 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 across the river'from Manhattan, known for its churches and suburban life. This changed with the city's growth, new secular institutions, and Coney Island's attractions, which clashed with post-Puritan values.Despite these changes, Yankee-Protestant dominance continued until the influx of Southern and Eastern European immigrants. The Rise and Fall of Protestant Brooklyn explores how these new residents built a vibrant ethnic mosaic, laying the foundation for cultural pluralism and embedding it in the American Creed. |
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| ISBN: | 9781501765513 9781501765520 9781501781360 9781501765537 |
