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Governing the Tongue : the Politics of Speech in Early New England.
Explaining why the spoken word assumed such importance in the culture of early New England, the author re-examines such famous Puritan events as the Salem witch trials and the banishment of Anne Hutchinson to expose the ever-present fear of what the puritans called "sins of the tongue."
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1999.
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| Colección: | History e-book project.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Explaining why the spoken word assumed such importance in the culture of early New England, the author re-examines such famous Puritan events as the Salem witch trials and the banishment of Anne Hutchinson to expose the ever-present fear of what the puritans called "sins of the tongue." |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-280) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198025153 0198025157 0585223483 9780585223483 0195090802 9780195090802 0195130901 9780195130904 |