New England nation : the country the Puritans built / Bruce C. Daniels.

Out of European revolutions and social upheaval, an extraordinary society of literate, pious, and prosperous English Puritans flowered in seventeenth-century New England. This wonderfully readable history recreates the world of Puritan New England and places it in the broad sweep of history. The boo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daniels, Bruce Colin
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Puritans > New England > History > 17th century.
New England > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New England > Social life and customs > To 1775.
Physical Description:xii, 237 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: New England, Puritans, and American History
  • Protestant Reform
  • Puritan Beginnings
  • The Great Migration
  • New England Blossoms
  • Subduing the Land
  • Subduing the Devil
  • Women in a Man's World
  • Men and Women
  • Subduing the Natives
  • The Devil Strikes Back
  • Epilogue: A Strange Legacy.