Imagining the Holy Land - Maps, Models, and Fantasy Travels

For home viewing, there were tours of the Holy Land via stereoscopic photographs, books such as Picturesque Palestine, and numerous accounts by travelers whose visions of the Holy Land shaped and were shaped by American forms of Christianity and Judaism.

List of contents

Preliminary Table of Contents:

Introduction

1.Lakeside at Chautauqua's Holy Land

2.Starred and Striped Holy Lands

3.Parlor Tours of the Holy Land

4.Landscapes of Democracy

5.Mapmakers and Their Holy Lands

Epilogue: A Touch of the Real

Select Bibliography

Index

About the author

Burke O. Long

Summary

How the Holy Land became a site for American piety and sentimental religious imagining.

Product details

• Authors: Burke O Long, Burke O. Long, Long Burke O
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2002
• EAN: 9780253341365
• ISBN: 978-0-253-34136-5
• No. of pages: 274
• Dimensions: 176 mm x 230 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 526 g
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > History