Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps and Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Religion, Family, and Gender
7. 1. The Mental World of Ralph Merry, Tinware Peddler and Religious Ecstatic, 1798–1863 13
8. 2. The Fireside Kingdom: A Mid-Nineteenth-Century Anglican Perspective on Marriage and Parenthood 45
9. 3. Gender and Gentility: Lucy Peel’s Journal, 1833–6 69
10. 4. A ‘Christian Businessman’: The Convergence of Precept and Practice in Nineteenth- Century Evangelical Gender Construction 94
11. Religion, Social Reform, and Community
12. 5. ‘A Moral Engine Of Such Incalculable Power’: The Temperance Movement In The Eastern Townships, 1830–52 125
13. 6. ‘Labouring In A Great Cause’: Marcus Child As Pioneer Schools Inspector, 1852–9 161
14. 7. Railways, Revivals, And Rowdyism: The Beebe Adventist Camp Meeting, 1875–1900 197
15. 8. A Crime ‘Shrouded In Mystery’: State, Church, And Community In The Kinnear’S Mills Post-Office Case, 1899–1905 222
16. Afterword 263
17. Credits 267
18. Index 269