The Great Awakening and Southern Backcountry Revolutionaries

• Main Authors: Chacon, Richard J. (Author), Scoggins, Michael Charles (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Anthropology, 4
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Religion.; History.; Anthropology.; Social Sciences.; Religious Studies, general.; History, general.

This work documents the impact that the Great Awakening had on the inhabitants of colonial America’s Southern Backcountry. Special emphasis is placed on how this religious revival furrowed the ground on which the seeds of the American Revolution would sprout. The investigation shows how the Great Aw...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Pre-Awakened Colonial North America
• Chapter 2. The Great Awakening
• Chapter 3. Patriots, Monarchists, and the Anti-Christ
• Chapter 4. Awakened Rebels and the Holy War in the Southern Backcountry
• Chapter 5. Discussion and Conclusions.