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Providence and the invention of American history /
"In 1847, Protestant missionary Marcus Whitman was killed after a disastrous eleven-year effort to evangelize the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest. By 1897, Whitman was a national hero, celebrated in textbooks, monuments, and historical scholarship as the 'Savior of Oregon.'...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Providence and the Scandal of Missionary Failure
- Providential History
- Professionalizing Providence
- Selling Providence
- Debunking Providence
- After Providence.