![]() ![]() ![]() The Shopkeeper's Millennium was first published in 1978, and Johnson's scholarship has aptly survived the test of time. ![]() In this riveting narrative, Johnson explores the impact that this great revival had on the city of Rochester - morally, religiously, and economically. ![]() This revival helped to spawn the anti-slavery movement and the temperance movement - to name just a couple of its 'biggest' impacts on American society. On the contrary, The Second Great Awakening, as this revival came to be called, was as historically important as it was dynamic. In this work, Johnson tackles what may seem, to non-academicians, to be a somewhat dry topic - the religious revival of the early 19th century that changed to fabric of American society. Johnson is an astute social historian who has garnered a well-earned reputation as a writer of eminently readable history books that are both engaging and edifying. Johnson, who is a professor of History at the University of South Carolina. The Shopkeeper's Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837 is a fascinating, perceptive social history of Rochester, New York. Reviewed by Rochelle Caviness - July 27, 2004 (Hill & Wang - A Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York: 2004. Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837īy Paul E. ![]()
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