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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2012.
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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.