Each Mind a Kingdom

American Women, Sexual Purity, and the New Thought Movement, 1875-1920

By: Beryl Satter

Write A Review

Paperback | 14 May 2001 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Paperback
394 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
2.29 x 1.53 x 0.24

Paperback

$57.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $14.44 with

or

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

The New Thought Movement was an enormously popular late nineteenth-century spiritual movement led largely by and for women. Mary Baker Eddy's Christian Science is but one example of the fascinating range of these groups, which advocated a belief in mind over matter and espoused women's spiritual ability to purify the world. This work is the first to uncover the cultural implications of New Thought, embedding it in the intellectual traditions of nineteenth-century America, and illuminating its connections with the self-help and New Age enthusiasms of our own fin-de-si¨cle.

Beryl Satter examines New Thought in all its complexity, presenting along the way a captivating cast of characters. In lively and accessible prose, she introduces the people, the institutions, the texts, and the ideas that comprised the New Thought movement. This fascinating social and intellectual history explores the complex relationships among social reform, alternative religion, medicine, and psychology which persist to this day.

Industry Reviews

"Ambitious, engaging and beautifully written, this study of late-19th-century American women's psychological and intellectual relationship to progressive social movements and quasi-religious self-improvement cults is a groundbreaking investigation that overturns established paradigms in which women are buffeted by history rather than agents of it." - Publishers Weekly"

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $89.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

More in History

A Kingdom and a Village

A One-Thousand-Year History of Moscow

Hardcover

RRP $59.99

$45.75

24%
OFF

The First Inventors

How people shaped a continent

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$29.99

19%
OFF

Said the Dead

The new book from the award-winning author of A GHOST IN THE THROAT

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF

Lunch on a Beam

The Making of an American Photograph

Hardcover

RRP $57.95

$44.75

23%
OFF

Alexander

God, King, Man

Paperback

RRP $39.99

$31.75

21%
OFF

Babylon

The Mother of All Cities, from the critically acclaimed ancient historian and author of The Persians 'Remarkable' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE, author of THE GOLDEN ROAD

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF

Entitled

The Rise and Fall of the House of York

Paperback

RRP $27.99

$23.75

15%
OFF

Suicidal Empathy

Dying to Be Kind

Hardcover

RRP $60.00

$57.75

Manchester must dance

A life of music, madness and moving on up

Hardcover

RRP $69.99

$47.99

31%
OFF

Outside the Wire

On the front line with the SAS in Australia's war in Afghanistan

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$24.99

29%
OFF

Men in the Sun

And Other Palestinian Stories

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF

Rebirth

A Love Story From the Depths of War

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$22.99

34%
OFF

The Shortest History of Scotland

Paperback

RRP $27.99

$23.75

15%
OFF

Talking Classics

The Shock of the Old

Hardcover

RRP $36.99

$29.99

19%
OFF

The Nuremberg Women

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - 'Transforms what we think we know' Peter Frankopan

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF

SIGNED COPY

Stuff the British Stole

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$29.99

19%
OFF

Suicidal Empathy

Dying to Be Kind

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF

Japan's Amazing Bullet Trains

The History and Technology of the World's First High-Speed Rail Network

Hardcover

RRP $42.99

$35.75

17%
OFF

Half of a Yellow Sun

Paperback

RRP $22.99

$20.75

10%
OFF

The Hidden War

Australian Tunnellers and the Fight for the Western Front

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$29.75

20%
OFF

Bloody Skies

XV Fighter Command Against All Odds

Hardcover

RRP $52.99

$40.75

23%
OFF

Norse-Gaelic Paganism

Viking and Irish Myth and Magic

Paperback

RRP $32.99

$26.99

18%
OFF

Decolonizing Methodologies

3rd Edition - Research and Indigenous Peoples

Paperback

RRP $44.99

$35.99

20%
OFF

A Concise History of Australia

5th Edition

Paperback

RRP $42.95

$34.75

19%
OFF

List of Charts and Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: New Thought in Late-Victorian America	p. 1
The Era of Woman and the Problem of Desire	p. 21
The Mother or the Warrior: Mind, Matter, Selfhood, and Desire in the Writings of Mary Baker Eddy and Warren Felt Evans	p. 57
Emma Curtis Hopkins and the Spread of New Thought, 1885-1905	p. 79
Sex and Desirelessness: the New Thought Novels of Helen Van-Anderson, Ursula Gestefeld, and Alice Bunker Stockham	p. 111
Money and Desire: Helen Wilmans and the Reorientation of New Thought	p. 150
New Thought and Early Progressivism	p. 181
New Thought and Popular Psychology, 1905-1920	p. 217
Conclusion: New Thought in American Culture after 1920	p. 249
Notes	p. 255
Select Bibliography	p. 333
Index	p. 359
Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.

Each Mind a Kingdom

American Women, Sexual Purity, and the New Thought Movement, 1875-1920

At a Glance

Paperback

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in History

A Kingdom and a Village

A One-Thousand-Year History of Moscow

The First Inventors

How people shaped a continent

Said the Dead

The new book from the award-winning author of A GHOST IN THE THROAT

Lunch on a Beam

The Making of an American Photograph

Alexander

God, King, Man

Babylon

The Mother of All Cities, from the critically acclaimed ancient historian and author of The Persians 'Remarkable' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE, author of THE GOLDEN ROAD

Entitled

The Rise and Fall of the House of York

Suicidal Empathy

Dying to Be Kind

Manchester must dance

A life of music, madness and moving on up

Outside the Wire

On the front line with the SAS in Australia's war in Afghanistan

Men in the Sun

And Other Palestinian Stories

Rebirth

A Love Story From the Depths of War

The Shortest History of Scotland

Talking Classics

The Shock of the Old

The Nuremberg Women

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - 'Transforms what we think we know' Peter Frankopan

Stuff the British Stole

Suicidal Empathy

Dying to Be Kind

Japan's Amazing Bullet Trains

The History and Technology of the World's First High-Speed Rail Network

Half of a Yellow Sun

The Hidden War

Australian Tunnellers and the Fight for the Western Front

Bloody Skies

XV Fighter Command Against All Odds

Norse-Gaelic Paganism

Viking and Irish Myth and Magic

Decolonizing Methodologies

3rd Edition - Research and Indigenous Peoples

A Concise History of Australia

5th Edition

This product is categorised by