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Author: Gideon Mailer
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Weight: 0.643kg
ISBN: 9781469652207
ISBN 10: 146965220
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 30 January 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Mailer does more than urge scholars to look at Witherspoon anew; he makes a compelling case for them to use Witherspoon's experience as a lens through which to more accurately gauge the interplay of religious conflict and Enlightenment philosophy in the founding of the United States.--American Historical Review Thoroughly researched. . . . [A] detailed investigation. Recommended.--Choice A landmark in Scottish-American historiography.--Eighteenth-Century Scotland Readers interested in placing one of the Garden State's favorite sons in a transatlantic world of ideas will not find a better book about the only minister to sigh the Declaration of Independence.--New Jersey Studies This thoroughly researched work is best suited for scholars of Enlightenment history and the American Revolution.--Library Journal
"This thoroughly researched work is best suited for scholars of Enlightenment history and the American Revolution."""" - Library Journal """"Thoroughly researched. . . . [A] detailed investigation. Recommended."""" - Choice """"Readers interested in placing one of the Garden State's favorite sons in a transatlantic world of ideas will not find a better book about the only minister to sigh the Declaration of Independence."""" - New Jersey Studies """"Mailer does more than urge scholars to look at Witherspoon anew; he makes a compelling case for them to use Witherspoon's experience as a lens through which to more accurately gauge the interplay of religious conflict and Enlightenment philosophy in the founding of the United States."""" - American Historical Review """"A landmark in Scottish-American historiography."""" - Eighteenth-Century Scotland"
This thoroughly researched work is best suited for scholars of Enlightenment history and the American Revolution. - Library Journal Thoroughly researched. . . . [A] detailed investigation. Recommended. - Choice Readers interested in placing one of the Garden State's favorite sons in a transatlantic world of ideas will not find a better book about the only minister to sigh the Declaration of Independence. - New Jersey Studies Mailer does more than urge scholars to look at Witherspoon anew; he makes a compelling case for them to use Witherspoon's experience as a lens through which to more accurately gauge the interplay of religious conflict and Enlightenment philosophy in the founding of the United States. - American Historical Review A landmark in Scottish-American historiography. - Eighteenth-Century Scotland
Mailer does more than urge scholars to look at Witherspoon anew; he makes a compelling case for them to use Witherspoon's experience as a lens through which to more accurately gauge the interplay of religious conflict and Enlightenment philosophy in the founding of the United States.--American Historical Review A landmark in Scottish-American historiography.--Eighteenth-Century Scotland Thoroughly researched. . . . [A] detailed investigation. Recommended.--Choice Readers interested in placing one of the Garden State's favorite sons in a transatlantic world of ideas will not find a better book about the only minister to sigh the Declaration of Independence.--New Jersey Studies This thoroughly researched work is best suited for scholars of Enlightenment history and the American Revolution.--Library Journal
Author Information
Gideon Mailer is associate professor of history at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
