The New England Mind : : From Colony to Province / / Perry Miller.

The New England Mind: From Colony to Province is one of Perry Miller's masterworks, exploring the intellectual history of the Puritans through a deep investigation of the thought of the Puritan divines. In this book, as well as its predecessor The New England Mind: The Seventeenth Century, Mill...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
©1953
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (523 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
FOREWORD --
CONTENTS --
PROLOGUE: RICHARD MATHER'S FAREWELL --
BOOK I Declenston --
CHAPTER I THE WRATH OF JEHOVAH --
CHAPTER II THE JEREMIAD --
CHAPTER III THE PROTESTANT ETHIC --
CHAPTER IV THE EXPANDING LIMITS OF NATURAL ABILITY --
CHAPTER V HYPOCRISY --
CHAPTER VI CHILDREN OF THE COVENANT --
CHAPTER VII HALF-WAY MEASURES --
CHAPTER VIII REVIVALISM --
CHAPTER IX INTOLERANCE --
CHAPTER X PROPAGANDA --
BOOK II Confusion --
CHAPTER XI PROFILE OF A PROVINCIAL MENTALITY --
CHAPTER XII SALVAGING THE COVENANT --
CHAPTER XIII THE JUDGMENT OF THE WITCHES --
CHAPTER XIV THE DILEMMA OF THE SACRAMENT --
CHAPTER XV CONTENTION --
CHAPTER XVI THE FAILURE OF CENTRALIZATION --
CHAPTER XVII THE UNRESOLVED DEBATE --
CHAPTER XVIII THE POISON OF WISE'S CURSED LIBEL --
BOOK III The Splintering of Society --
CHAPTER XIX A MEDIUM OF TRADE --
CHAPTER XX ANTIMINISTERIAL SENTIMENT --
CHAPTER XXI THE JUDGMENT OF THE SMALLPOX --
CHAPTER XXII A SECULAR STATE --
CHAPTER XXIII A TENDER PLANT --
BOOK IV The Socialization of Piety --
CHAPTER XXIV DO-GOOD --
CHAPTER XXV REASON --
CHAPTER XXVI THE EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY --
CHAPTER XXVII THE DEATH OF AN IDEA --
CHAPTER XXVIII POLITY AS A FORM OF PATRIOTISM --
EPILOGUE VALE ATQUE AVE --
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES --
INDEX
Summary:The New England Mind: From Colony to Province is one of Perry Miller's masterworks, exploring the intellectual history of the Puritans through a deep investigation of the thought of the Puritan divines. In this book, as well as its predecessor The New England Mind: The Seventeenth Century, Miller asserts a single intellectual history for America that could be traced to the Puritan belief system.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674041042
9783110442212
DOI:10.4159/9780674041042?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Perry Miller.