The Rude Hand of Innovation: Religion and Social Order in Albany, New York, 1652-1836

by David G. Hackett

This path-breaking study analyzes the social and religious transformation of Albany, New York, from the town's colonial origins through industrialization in the early nineteenth century. Rather than see the transformation of traditional societies as a process of modernization, Hackett adopts a broader conception of religion as a cultural system and argues that culture influences social order differently in different historical periods. During most...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195065131
• ISBN13: 9780195065138
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"