An American Bible
a history of the Good Book in the United States, 1777-1880
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Author
Publication
1999 - Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif, California
Language
English
Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL375520M
- ISBN-100804734259
- OCLC Control Number39905631
- OCLC Control Number42330895
- OCLC Control Number123284619
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Numberamericanbiblehis0000gutj
- Library of Congress Control Number98037396
- LibraryThing184854
- Goodreads3029680
Classifications
- DDC220/.0973
- LCCBS447.5.U6 G88 1999
Description
This book examines how many different constituencies (both secular and religious) fought to keep the Bible the preeminent text in the United States as the country's print marketplace experienced explosive growth. The author shows how these heated battles had profound consequences for many American cultural practices and forms of printed material. By exploring how publishers, clergymen, politicians, educators, and lay persons met the threat that new printed material posed to the dominance of the Bible by changing both its form and its contents, the author reveals the causes and consequences of mutating God's supposedly immutable Word.
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