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Cosmos Crumbling: American Reform and the Religious Imagination (1st Edition) by Robert H. Abzug Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1994 ISBN-10: 0-19-504568-8 / 0195045688 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-504568-0 / 9780195045680 In the forty years before the Civil War, America was awash in political and social reform movements. Abolitionists stormed against the cruelties of slavery. Temperance zealots hounded producers and consumers of strong drink. Sabbatarians fought to make Sunday an officially recognized sacred day. Wom |