Major Problems in American Religious History (Major Problems in American History Series)

Allitt, Patrick; Paterson, Thomas

ISBN 10: 0395964199 / ISBN 13: 9780395964194

Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Major Problems in American Religious History (Major Problems in American History Series)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395964199
• ISBN 13: 9780395964194
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 1.58 pounds

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Synopsis

This text presents a carefully selected group of readings organized to allow students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions. Each chapter includes introductions, source notes, and suggested readings.

About the Author

Patrick Allitt is Cahoon Family Professor of American History at Emory University, and an Americanist specializing in religious, intellectual, and environmental history. He graduated from Oxford, England in 1977 and earned his Ph.D. in American History in 1986 from the University of California, Berkeley. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Divinity School (1985-1988) and has been at Emory since 1988. Author of six books, he is also the presenter of six lecture series with The Teaching Company (http://www.teach12.com) on aspects of American and British history. His current research and writing project is a history of the intellectual and political opponents of environmentalism, from the 1960s to the early twenty-first century.