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Author
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
x, 199 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Civil War was a major turning point in American religious thought, argues Mark A. Noll. Although Christian believers agreed with one another that the Bible was authoritative and that it should be interpreted through common sense principles, there was rampant disagreement about what Scripture taught about slavery. Furthermore, most Americans continued to believe that God ruled over the affairs of people and nations, but they were radically divided...
2) Causes won, lost, and forgotten: how Hollywood & popular art shape what we know about the Civil War
Author
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this book Tiya Miles explores the popular yet troubling phenomenon of "ghost tours," frequently promoted and experienced at plantations, urban manor homes, and cemeteries throughout the South. As a staple of the tours, guides entertain paying customers by routinely relying on stories of enslaved black specters. But who are these ghosts? Examining popular sites and stories from these tours, Miles shows that haunted tales routinely appropriate and...
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