
Forgotten Voices
The Hidden History of a New England Meetinghouse
Carolyn Wakeman(Author)
Wesleyan University Press
Published on 17. December 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-8195-7923-2 (ISBN)
Description
Told through the words of those whose lives the meetinghouse shaped, Facing the Past uncovers a hidden past. It begins with the displacement of Indigenous people in the area before Europeans arrived, continues with disputes over worship and witchcraft in the early colonial settlement, and looks ahead to the use of Connecticut's most iconic white church as a refuge and sanctuary. Relying on the resources of local archives, the contents of family attics, and the extensive records of the Congregational Church, this community portrait details the long ignored genocide and enslaved people and reshapes prevailing ideas about history's makers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8195-7923-2 (9780819579232)
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12/2019
Wesleyan University Press
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Carolyn Wakeman is a former professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where she served as faculty chair of the Graduate School of Journalism and director of the Asia-Pacific Program. Her works on Asia and Connecticut history have appeared in numerous journals and publications, including the Journal of Asian Studies and Shakespeare Quarterly.