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Fleeing to B abylon: How the Erie Canal, Diffusion, and Social Structure Forever Changed A merican Calvinism
Author(s) -
Rowe Justin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of historical sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-6443
pISSN - 0952-1909
DOI - 10.1111/johs.12092
Subject(s) - calvinism , diffusion , sociology , political science , law , physics , thermodynamics
Abstract The following focuses on the P resbyterian C hurch in the early 19 th century U nited S tates and suggests that by historically examining its structural dynamics, historians and social scientists alike can better understand not only A merican religious history but also the diffusion process of intellectual innovation.