Citizens of Zion : the social origins of camp meeting revivalism /

Eslinger, Ellen, 1956-

Citizens of Zion : the social origins of camp meeting revivalism / Ellen Eslinger. - 1st ed. - Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1952. - xxi, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-301) and index.

The revolutionary frontier in Kentucky -- The rural economy of the early National West -- A best poor man's country? -- Ordering a heterogeneous society -- A new political culture -- Western settlement and national policy -- Spiritual conditions on the eve of revival -- Spiritual awakening -- The social significance of camp meeting revivalism.

1572330333 (alk. paper)

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Revivals--History--Kentucky--18th century.
Camp meetings--History--Kentucky--18th century.
Christianity and culture--History--Kentucky--18th century.
Revivals--History--Kentucky--19th century.
Camp meetings--History--Kentucky--19th century.
Christianity and culture--History--Kentucky--19th century.

BV 3798 .E75 1952