Blood from the sky : miracles and politics in the early American republic / / Adam Jortner |
Autore | Jortner Adam |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Charlottesville, [Virgina] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
Disciplina | 973 |
Collana | Jeffersonian America |
Soggetto topico |
Miracles - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century
Supernatural - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century Religion and politics - United States - History - 19th century Political culture - United States - History - 19th century Crises - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN | 0-8139-3959-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: History, reality, and miracles -- Part I. The supernatural world -- The language of the supernatural -- The practice of the supernatural -- The politics of the supernatural -- Part II. The sectarian impulse -- Shakers -- Native American prophets -- Latter-Day Saints -- The sects that weren't -- Conclusion: Liberty and theology. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155528903321 |
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Charlottesville, [Virgina] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2017 | ||
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The gods of Prophetstown : the Battle of Tippecanoe and the holy war for the American frontier / / Adam Jortner |
Autore | Jortner Adam |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.5 |
Soggetto topico |
Tippecanoe, Battle of, Ind., 1811
Shawnee Indians Governors - Indiana Indians of North America - Wars - 1750-1815 War - Religious aspects - History - 19th century Frontier and pioneer life - United States |
ISBN |
0-19-991270-X
1-283-34918-3 9786613349187 0-19-990959-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue: The eclipse -- Thrown away -- Master of life -- Primogeniture -- Defeat -- The careerist -- Grouseland -- Prophecy -- Witchcraft -- Conspiracies -- Greenville -- The nation of Prophetstown -- The bargain -- The gathering -- Fiasco -- "A war of extirpation" -- Epilogue: The funeral. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820089603321 |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011 | ||
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