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Banished : common law and the rhetoric of social exclusion in early New England /

"A community is defined not only by inclusion but also by exclusion. Seventeenth-century New England Puritans, themselves exiled from one society, ruthlessly invoked the law of banishment from another: over time, hundreds of people were forcibly excluded from this developing but sparsely settle...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goodman, Nan, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction. A Banishment Primer
  • Chapter 1. "To Entertain Strangers"
  • Chapter 2. The "Predicament of Ubi"
  • Chapter 3. "To Test Their Bloody Laws"
  • Chapter 4. Deer Island and the Banishment of the Indians
  • Conclusion. The Ends of Banishment: From the Puritan Colonies to the Borderlands
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.