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)
   1. The Second Great Awakening: The Frontier Phase (332)
   2. The Second Great Awakening in the North (333)
   3. From Revivalism to Reform (335)
3. Domesticity and Changes in the American Family (337)
   1. Marriage for Love (337)
   2. The Cult of Domesticity (337)
   3. The Discovery of Childhood (339)
4. Institutional Reform (341)
   1. The Extension of Education (341)
   2. Discovering the Asylum (342)
5. Reform Turns Radical (344)
   1. Divisions in the Benevolent Empire (344)
   2. The Abolitionist Enterprise (344)
   3. Black Abolitionists (346)
   4. From Abolitionism to Women's Rights (347)
   5. Radical Ideas and Experiments (348)
6. Conclusion: Counterpoint on Reform (353)