UID:
almafu_9959243724502883
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 513 pages)
ISBN:
0-674-04104-6
Content:
The New England Mind: From Colony to Province is one of Perry Miller’s masterworks, exploring the intellectual history of the Puritans through a deep investigation of the thought of the Puritan divines. In this book, as well as its predecessor The New England Mind: The Seventeenth Century, Miller asserts a single intellectual history for America that could be traced to the Puritan belief system.
Note:
"Sequel to The New ENgland mind: the seventeenth century."
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Frontmatter --
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FOREWORD --
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CONTENTS --
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PROLOGUE: RICHARD MATHER'S FAREWELL --
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BOOK I Declenston --
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CHAPTER I THE WRATH OF JEHOVAH --
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CHAPTER II THE JEREMIAD --
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CHAPTER III THE PROTESTANT ETHIC --
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CHAPTER IV THE EXPANDING LIMITS OF NATURAL ABILITY --
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CHAPTER V HYPOCRISY --
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CHAPTER VI CHILDREN OF THE COVENANT --
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CHAPTER VII HALF-WAY MEASURES --
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CHAPTER VIII REVIVALISM --
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CHAPTER IX INTOLERANCE --
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CHAPTER X PROPAGANDA --
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BOOK II Confusion --
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CHAPTER XI PROFILE OF A PROVINCIAL MENTALITY --
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CHAPTER XII SALVAGING THE COVENANT --
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CHAPTER XIII THE JUDGMENT OF THE WITCHES --
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CHAPTER XIV THE DILEMMA OF THE SACRAMENT --
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CHAPTER XV CONTENTION --
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CHAPTER XVI THE FAILURE OF CENTRALIZATION --
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CHAPTER XVII THE UNRESOLVED DEBATE --
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CHAPTER XVIII THE POISON OF WISE'S CURSED LIBEL --
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BOOK III The Splintering of Society --
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CHAPTER XIX A MEDIUM OF TRADE --
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CHAPTER XX ANTIMINISTERIAL SENTIMENT --
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CHAPTER XXI THE JUDGMENT OF THE SMALLPOX --
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CHAPTER XXII A SECULAR STATE --
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CHAPTER XXIII A TENDER PLANT --
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BOOK IV The Socialization of Piety --
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CHAPTER XXIV DO-GOOD --
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CHAPTER XXV REASON --
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CHAPTER XXVI THE EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY --
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CHAPTER XXVII THE DEATH OF AN IDEA --
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CHAPTER XXVIII POLITY AS A FORM OF PATRIOTISM --
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EPILOGUE VALE ATQUE AVE --
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES --
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INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-61301-5
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674041042
