The First Prejudice: Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in Early America

Book Overview

In many ways, religion was the United States' first prejudice--both an early source of bigotry and the object of the first sustained efforts to limit its effects. Spanning more than two centuries across colonial British America and the United States, The First Prejudice offers a groundbreaking exploration of the early history of persecution and toleration. The twelve essays in this volume were composed by leading historians with an eye to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812223144
• ISBN13: 9780812223149
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"