Moral Geography Maps, Missionaries, and the American Frontier |
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| Author:
| DeRogatis, Amy |
| Series title: | Religion and American Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-12789-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2003 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $37.00 |
Book Description:
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Moral Geography traces the development of a moral basis for American expansionism, as Protestant missionaries, using biblical language and metaphors, imaginatively conjoined the cultivation of souls with the cultivation of land and made space sacred. While the political implications of the mapping of American expansion have been much studied, this is the first major study of the close and complex relationship between mapping and missionizing on the American frontier.
Moral Geography traces the development of a moral basis for American expansionism, as Protestant missionaries, using biblical language and metaphors, imaginatively conjoined the cultivation of souls with the cultivation of land and made space sacred. While the political implications of the mapping of American expansion have been much studied, this is the first major study of the close and complex relationship between mapping and missionizing on the American frontier.