A Reforming People Puritanism and the Transformation of Public Life in New England /

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In this revelatory account of the people who founded the New England colonies, historian David D. Hall compares the reforms they enacted with those attempted in England during the period of the English Revolution. Bringing with them a deep fear of arbitrary, unlimited authority, these settlers based...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hall, Stephen G. (Stephen Gilroy), 1968-
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009
Temas:
1800-1899
African diaspora > History > 19th century.
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Historiography > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Historiography.
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African diaspora
Historiography
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United States > Intellectual life > 19th century.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
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Sumario:In this revelatory account of the people who founded the New England colonies, historian David D. Hall compares the reforms they enacted with those attempted in England during the period of the English Revolution. Bringing with them a deep fear of arbitrary, unlimited authority, these settlers based their churches on the participation of laypeople and insisted on ""consent"" as a premise of all civil governance. Puritans also transformed civil and criminal law and the workings of courts with the intention of establishing equity. In this political and social history of the five New England colo.
Notas:Originally published in 2011 by Alfred A. Knopf.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (284 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1469601656
9781469601656
0807837113
9780807837115

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