A Shopkeeper's Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837

With its brilliant interpretation of the intimate connections among politics, economy, and religion during the Second Great Awakening, A Shopkeeper's Millennium continues to be a classroom staple. Paul E. Johnson considers the revival's spectacular success in Rochester, New York, suggesting important links between its moral accounting and the city's new industrial world. In a new preface, he reassesses the evidence and conclusions of this landmark work.