Convulsed states: earthquakes, prophecy, and the remaking of early America

"The New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-12 were the strongest temblors in the North American interior in at least the past five centuries. From the Great Plains to the Atlantic Coast and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, a broad cast of thinkers struggled to explain these seemingly unprec...

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Main Author: Hancock, Jonathan Todd (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 2021
In:Year: 2021
Reviews:[Rezension von: Hancock, Jonathan Todd, Convulsed states] (2022) (Winiarski, Douglas Leo)
Further subjects:B Indians of North America Government relations 1789-1869
B Earthquakes (United States) History 19th century
B Nation-building (United States)
B United States Religion 19th century
B United States History 19th century
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