Unmoored : the search for sincerity in colonial America /

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"New England's Puritans were devoted to self-scrutiny. Consumed by the pursuit of pure hearts, they latched on to sincerity as both an ideal and a social process. It fueled examinations of inner lives, governed behavior, and provided a standard against which both could be judged. But as An...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schwartz, Ana (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Williamsburg, Virginia : Chapel Hill : The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Temas:
1600-1775
Puritans > New England > History > 17th century.
Puritans > New England > Social life and customs > 17th century.
Sincerity > History > 17th century.
Puritains > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Puritains > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Mœurs et coutumes > 17e siècle.
Sincérité > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Manners and customs
Puritans
Puritans > Social life and customs
Sincerity
New England > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New England > Social life and customs > 17th century.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Mœurs et coutumes > 17e siècle.
New England
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Great Expectations: The Promise of Sincerity
  • Moral Unmoorings: Fear and the Foundations of Settler Sincerity
  • Dreaming on Dry Land: Thoughtfulness beyond Good Intentions
  • Blood, Regret, and Tears: How to Put on Sincerity, and Why
  • The Happiest Memories: Duties, Debts, and the Generation of Freedom
  • Friendship, Fair and True: Sincerity Makes a Compromise with History
  • Conclusion. Miserable Comforts: A Dialectical Lyric.

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