Chapter 12: The Pursuit of Perfection

Chapter 12: The Pursuit of Perfection focuses on:


 * Evangelicalism
 * Changes in the American family
 * Reform

Section Headings
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 * 1) Introduction: Redeeming the Middle Class (331)
 * 2) The Rise of Evangelicalism (332)
 * 3) The Second Great Awakening: The Frontier Phase (332)
 * 4) The Second Great Awakening in the North (333)
 * 5) From Revivalism to Reform (335)
 * 6) Domesticity and Changes in the American Family (337)
 * 7) Marriage for Love (337)
 * 8) The Cult of Domesticity (337)
 * 9) The Discovery of Childhood (339)
 * 10) Institutional Reform (341)
 * 11) The Extension of Education (341)
 * 12) Discovering the Asylum (342)
 * 13) Reform Turns Radical (344)
 * 14) Divisions in the Benevolent Empire (344)
 * 15) The Abolitionist Enterprise (344)
 * 16) Black Abolitionists (346)
 * 17) From Abolitionism to Women's Rights (347)
 * 18) Radical Ideas and Experiments (348)
 * 19) Conclusion: Counterpoint on Reform (353)