{"product_id":"the-history-of-spiritualism-2-volume-set-9781108033220","title":"The History of Spiritualism 2 Volume Set (Multiple-component retail product) 9781108033220","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe History of Spiritualism 2 Volume Set\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1926 publication focuses on key practitioners and contemporary accounts of nineteenth-century spiritualism and the passions and controversies surrounding it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eArthur Conan Doyle (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108033220, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMultiple-component retail product, published 15 September 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e732 pages, 16 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 4.5 cm, 0.96 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) is best known for his creation of the character Sherlock Holmes. Trained as a medical doctor, Doyle - like many Victorian intellectuals - became fascinated by spiritualism and its promise of communication with the afterlife. Doyle was a firm believer in the movement, claiming as evidence 'sign[s] of a purposeful and organized invasion' from the spirit world. In 1926, towards the end of his life, he published this influential two-volume history. Volume 1 covers the background and origins of Victorian spiritualism, and focuses on key individuals including D. D. Home. It also reports on several scientific investigations of spiritualist phenomena. Volume 2 discusses celebrated mediums from 1870 to World War I, and topics including 'ectoplasm' and 'spirit photography'. The History provides valuable insights into Victorian and early twentieth-century culture and the controversies generated by spiritualism at that time.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVolume 1: Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The story of Swedenborg\u003cbr\u003e 2. Edward Irving: the Shakers\u003cbr\u003e 3. The prophet of the new revelation\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Hydesville episode\u003cbr\u003e 5. The career of the Fox sisters\u003cbr\u003e 6. First developments in America\u003cbr\u003e 7. The dawn in England\u003cbr\u003e 8. Continued progress in England\u003cbr\u003e 9. The career of D. D. Home\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Davenport brothers\u003cbr\u003e 11. The researches of Sir William Crookes (1870–4)\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Eddy brothers and the Holmeses\u003cbr\u003e 13. Henry Slade and Dr. Monck\u003cbr\u003e 14. Collective investigations of spiritualism. Volume 2: 15. The career of Eusapia Palladino\u003cbr\u003e 16. Great mediums from 1870 to 1900: Charles H. Foster, Madame d'Esperance, William Eglinton, Stainton Moses\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Society for Psychical Research\u003cbr\u003e 18. Ectoplasm\u003cbr\u003e 19. Spirit photography\u003cbr\u003e 20. Voice mediumship and moulds\u003cbr\u003e 21. French, German and Italian spiritualism\u003cbr\u003e 22. Some great modern mediums\u003cbr\u003e 23. Spiritualism and the war\u003cbr\u003e 24. The religious aspect of spiritualism\u003cbr\u003e 25. The after-life as seen by spiritualists\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266034782488,"sku":"9781108033220","price":58.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108033220i.jpg?v=1694873706","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-history-of-spiritualism-2-volume-set-9781108033220","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}