Book Review - A Shopkeeper's Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837
In A Shopkeeper's Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837, Paul E. Johnson explores the Rochester revival of 1830 and 1831, noting the social institution of religion as it played into society and culture in 19th century American, particularly in western New York State. The height of the Second Great Awakening and the Great Revival of 1831 are explored in depth, as Johnson creates vivid connections between the industrial capitalistic endeavors that were cropping up that that time and the rise of religion and the revival as an institution. Johnson's thesis in the work is that the ...