Radical Spirits, Second Edition: Spiritualism and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America

". . . Ann Braude still speaks powerfully to unique issues of women's creativity-spiritual as well as political-in a superb account of the controversial nineteenth-century Spiritualist movement." --Jon Butler

"Radical Spirits is a vitally important book . . . [that] has . . . influenced a generation of young scholars." --Marie Griffith

In Radical Spirits, Ann Braude contends that the early women's rights movement and Spiritualism went hand in hand. Her book makes a convincing argument for the importance of religion in the study of American women's history.

In this new edition, Braude discusses the impact of the book on the scholarship of the last decade and assesses the place of religion in interpretations of women's history in general and the women's rights movement in particular. A review of current scholarship and suggestions for further reading make it even more useful for contemporary teachers and students.

Author: Ann Braude
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: 10/29/2001
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780253215024
2nd Edition