Catholics in America : a history /

Carey, Patrick W., 1940-

Catholics in America : a history / Patrick W. Carey. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2004. - x, 290 p. ; 25 cm.

Rev. ed. of: The Roman Catholics. c1993.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-270) and index.

Colonial Catholicism, 1492-1840 -- A free church in a free state, 1776-1815 -- Internal conflicts, nativism, and immigrant Catholicism, 1815-1866 -- Reconstruction and expansion, 1866-1884 -- Americanism, 1884-1899 -- Catholicism in the progressive era, 1900-1920 -- The roaring twenties, the depression, and World War II, 1920-1945 -- Catholicism in the cold war, 1945-1965 -- Post-Vatican II Catholicism, 1965-1990 -- Troubled times, 1990-2003 -- Biographical sketches.

0275982556 (alk. paper)

2004014662

GBA469900 bnb

013001866 Uk


Catholic Church--History.--United States


Catholics--United States--Biography.


United States--Church history.

BX1406.3 .C36 2004