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03569aam a2200529 i 4500 001 6D075986DB2811ECA7049CC04CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220524010218 008 201018s2021 ctua b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2020948378 020 $a 0300251009 020 $a 9780300251005 035 $a (OCoLC)1198556567 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d UKMGB $d HTM $d OCLCF $d UIU $d IQU $d YDX $d OIP $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a n-us-wy $a n-us-or $a n-us-id $a n-us-mt $a n-us-wa $a n-us-wy 050 00 $a E175 $b .K64 2021 082 04 $a 979.503092 $2 23 100 1 $a Koenig, Sarah, $d 1982- $e author. 245 10 $a Providence and the invention of American history / $c Sarah Koenig. 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xii, 280 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 500 $a Includes index. 505 00 $t After Providence. $t Providence and the Scandal of Missionary Failure -- $t Providential History -- $t Professionalizing Providence -- $t Selling Providence -- $t Debunking Providence -- $t After Providence. 520 $a "In 1847, Protestant missionary Marcus Whitman was killed after a disastrous eleven-year effort to evangelize the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest. By 1897, Whitman was a national hero, celebrated in textbooks, monuments, and historical scholarship as the 'Savior of Oregon.' But his fame was based on a tall tale--one that was about to be exposed. Sarah Koenig traces the rise and fall of Protestant missionary Marcus Whitman's legend, revealing two patterns in the development of American history. On the one hand is providential history, marked by the conviction that God is an active agent in human history and that historical work can reveal patterns of divine will. On the other hand is objective history, which arose from the efforts of Catholics and other racial and religious outsiders to resist providentialists' pejorative descriptions of non-Protestants and nonwhites. Koenig examines how these competing visions continue to shape understandings of the American past and the nature of historical truth."-- $c Provided by publisher. 545 0 $a Sarah Koenig is assistant professor of history at Ramapo College. She earned her joint Ph.D. in History and Religious Studies from Yale University. 504 $a Includes index 600 10 $a Whitman, Marcus, $d 1802-1847 $x Legends. 600 10 $a Whitman, Marcus, $d 1802-1847. 600 17 $a Whitman, Marcus, $d 1802-1847. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00028947 650 0 $a Providence and government of God $x Historiography. 650 0 $a Providence and government of God $x History of doctrines. $x History of doctrines. 650 0 $a Protestantism $z United States $x History. 651 0 $a Oregon Territory $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x Historiography. 650 7 $a Historiography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00958221 650 7 $a Protestantism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01079920 650 7 $a Providence and government of God. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01080657 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 651 7 $a United States $z Oregon Territory. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01930994 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Legends. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423803 776 08 $i Electronic version: $a Koenig, Sarah, 1982- $t Providence and the invention of American history. $d New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021] $z 9780300258585 $w (OCoLC)1255713302 941 $a 1 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525041919.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6D075986DB2811ECA7049CC04CECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOOInitiate Another SILO Locator Search