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Contents List of Illustrations IX List of Tables Xl Introduction 1 1. The Importance of Place: Cultural Diversity in Three River Towns 15 2. The Crisis of Everyday Life during the Revolutionary War 43 3. Local Struggles and National Order in the Postwar Period 83 4. Protestant Diversity in the New Nation 131 5. The Campaign for Christian Unity 173 6. The Campaign for Political Unity 209 7. The Persistence of Local Diversity 249 Appendix A Note on the Unit of Comparison 273 Tables 1-5 275 List of Abbreviations 289 Notes 291 Index 343 Acknowledgments 351 This page intentionally left blank ...

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