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viii, 280 pages ; 22 cm. |
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Series |
Themes and forces in American history series |
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Themes and forces in American history series.
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Note |
Essays. |
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"4580"--Spine. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-280). |
Contents |
Introductory essay : The Puritan strain / Richard Schlatter -- The Puritan vision : "A citty upon a hill". Introduction / Michael McGiffert -- A modell of Christian charity / John Winthrop -- Willing and voluntary subjection / Peter Bulkeley -- Authority and liberty / John Winthrop -- The Puritan state and Puritan society / Perry Miller -- The ultimate individual / Ralph Barton Perry -- The mirror of Puritan authority / Darrett B. Rutman -- The Puritan becomes American. Introduction / Michael McGiffert -- The vision refracted : "a mess of American pottage". New Englands duty / Nicholas Noyes -- The glory departing from New England / Increase Mather -- Errand into the wilderness / Perry Miller -- The Puritans : from Providence to pride / Daniel J. Boorstin -- God profit : "horrible snares and infinite sins". The case of Robert Keayne / John Winthrop -- Last will and testament / Robert Keayne -- A Christian and his calling / Cotton Mather -- The Protestant ethic / Perry Miller -- Ungodly Puritans / Herbert W. Schneider -- God land : "the almost only garden". Planting this wilderness / Edward Johnson -- The places of their acquaintance / Samuel Sewall -- Paradise in America / Jonathan Edwards -- Puritanism, the wilderness, and the frontier / Alan Heimert -- The Puritan legacy : Introduction / Michael McGiffert -- The Protestant ethic. The Puritan ethic and the American revolution / Edmund S. Morgan -- God and mammon / Irvin G. Wyllie -- Poor Richard and Playboy / Morton L. Ross -- Puritanism and democracy. The idea of the covenant in American democracy / H. Richard Niebuhr -- Theological convictions and democratic government / Winthrop S. Hudson -- The resolution of nonconformity / Perry Miller -- Puritanism and the American character. The spirit of America / Harold J. Laski -- The Pilgrim fathers and the American way / Dixon Wecter -- The Puritan legacy / Kenneth B. Murdock. |
Subject |
Puritans -- United States.
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United States -- Civilization.
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Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
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Puritans. (OCoLC)fst01084357
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Added Author |
McGiffert, Michael.
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ISBN |
020104580X |
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9780201045802 |
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