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Ghosts of futures past : spiritualism and the cultural politics of nineteenth-century America /
More than an occult parlour game, 19th century American Spiritualism was a new religion, which channeled the voices of the dead, linked present with past, and conjured new worldly and otherworldly futures. Tracing the persistence of magic in an emergent culture of secularism, McGarry looks at this p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, Calif. ; London :
University of California Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | A Simpson book in the humanities
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | More than an occult parlour game, 19th century American Spiritualism was a new religion, which channeled the voices of the dead, linked present with past, and conjured new worldly and otherworldly futures. Tracing the persistence of magic in an emergent culture of secularism, McGarry looks at this part of American cultural history. |
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| Notas: | "Simpson, imprint in humanities"--Preliminary page. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520934061 0520934067 9780520252608 0520252608 9786612359309 6612359307 |