Conscience as a Historical Force: The Liberation Theology of Herman Husband

Conscience as a Historical Force is the first true analysis of the life and thought of the radically democratic eighteenth-century backcountry figure of Herman Husband (1724-1795) and his heavily metaphorical political and religious writings during the ＂Age of Revolution.＂

Douglas S. Harvey teaches at Fort Hays State University, USA, as well as community colleges in the Kansas City area. His first book was The Theatre of Empire: Frontier Performances in America (2010). He has also published numerous articles on environmental and cultural history of the American frontier.