| Description |
ix, 180 pages ; 21 cm. |
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Primary sources in American history |
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Primary sources in American history (New York, N.Y.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-180). |
| Contents |
The background of the Great Awakening -- The spread of evangelical pietism in North America -- Results and significance -- Suggestions for further reading. |
| Summary |
In the following pages the reader will find a number of representative documents illustrative of the Great Awakening in colonial America. The documents I have selected represent my own assessment of importance and interest, and the reader should keep this fact firmly in mind. In general, I have attempted to choose documents which illustrate what I consider to be the major themes of the Awakening. Because the majority of readers are probably most familiar with the revival in literary and intellectual terms -- scholarly study of it has been biased in this way -- I have consciously emphasized an institutional and social context and employed readings taken to a large extent from sources other than the sermons of those contemporaries so commonly associated with the event. I have provided only minimal editorial comment, attempting to indicate in brief introductions why I included a given document and where it fits into the larger picture. - Preface. |
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Great Awakening.
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Great Awakening. (OCoLC)fst00947009
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| Added Author |
Bumsted, J. M., editor.
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