Visions of Zion - Christianity, Modernization American Pursuit of Liberty Progessivism

Informationen zum Autor J. Larry Hood Klappentext Three decades after the Civil War-amidst a resurgent patriotic fervor, a new Christian Awakening and an enveloping modernization promising heretofore unimagined heights of prosperity and well-being-a new generation of Americans in rural Nelson and Washington Counties, Kentucky, were experiencing what Lincoln in their fathers' war had promised: a new birth of freedom. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 At the Turn of the Century Chapter 3 The Promised Land: Nelson and Washington Counties, 1784-1900 Chapter 4 Just Beyond the Far Horizon: Progress, Prosperity, and Power, 1900-1914 Chapter 5 By Faith We Shall See It: Strengthening the Individual, the Family, the Community and Nation, 1900-1914 Chapter 6 Marching to Zion: Progressivism's Further Advance, 1914-1917 Chapter 7 Onward Christian Soldiers: Reformation of the World through War, 1917-1918 Chapter 8 Progressivism Triumphant: The Long Awaited Day, 1917-1918 Chapter 9 No Road Home: Turning the Progressive Crusade Around, 1918-1921 Chapter 10 And the Ages Roll, A Summing Up Chapter 11 Postscript Chapter 12 Appendix: Nelson and Washington Counties as a Case Study in Progressivism Chapter 13 Maps Chapter 14 Endnotes Chapter 15 Bibliography Chapter 16 Index

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: J. Larry Hood, James Larry Hood, Larry Hood
• Edition: University Press Of America
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 24.02.2005
• EAN: 9780761830658
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-3065-8
• Pages: 298
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Théories de l'Etat et administration politique; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General, Politics & government, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State, History of the Americas, Regional government, Regional / local / state government