Sacred Borders

Sacred Borders
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Publisher : OUP USA
Total Pages : 299
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ISBN-10 : 9780199753611
ISBN-13 : 019975361X
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Book Synopsis Sacred Borders by : David Holland

Download or read book Sacred Borders written by David Holland and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Holland tells the stories of antebellum Americans who advocated the idea of an open canon, considering the place of cultural authority in a democratized society, the tension between subjective truths and communal standards, a rising historical consciousness, the expansion of print capitalism, and the principle of religious freedom.


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