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The Burned-over District

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The Burned-over District

The Social and Intellectual History of Enthusiastic Religion in Western New York, 1800–1850

Whitney R. Cross

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Pages

382

Year

2015

Language

English

Cornell University Press

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During the first half of the nineteenth century the wooded hills and the valleys of western New York State were swept by fires of the spirit. The fervent religiosity of the region caused historians to call it the "burned-over district."

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Reviews

"Cross has given us by far our best record of a famous chapter in the history of American religion."

Church History

"This tour through the psychological highways and byways of enthusiastic religion is richly rewarding."

Mississippi Valley Historical Review

"This is an excellent piece of social historical writing."

American Journal of Sociology

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