The Legend of Marcus Whitman and the Transformation of the American Historical Profession

This article explores the secularization of the American historical profession through the lens of an early twentieth-century historical controversy: the debunking of the legend that nineteenth-century missionary Marcus Whitman saved the Pacific Northwest from becoming a British possession. The Whit...

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Main Author: Koenig, Sarah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2018]
In: Church history
Year: 2018, Volume: 87, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-121
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Whitman, Marcus 1802-1847 / USA / Protestantism / Conception of History / Myth
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBQ North America
KDD Protestant Church
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