The Puritan dilemma : the story of John Winthrop / Edmund S. Morgan ; edited by Oscar Handlin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of American biographyPublication details: Boston, MA : Little, Brown and Company, 1958Description: xii, 224 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0321043693
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • F 67 .W79  M66 1958
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Contents:
I. The taming of the heart -- II. Evil and declining times -- III. A shelter and a hiding place -- IV. The way to a new England -- V. Survival -- VI. A special commission -- VII. A due form of government -- VIII. Leniency rebuked -- IX. Separatism unleashed -- X. Seventeenth-century nihilism -- XI. The New England way -- XII. New England or old -- XIII. Foreign affairs.
Summary: "In 1630, along with hundreds of other settlers, John Winthrop left England for the New World. Because of his ardent Puritan beliefs and natural talent for government and politics, he was appointed governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. He became the foremost political leader in the colony for nearly 20 years, including twelve nonconsecutive terms as governor. When Winthrop and these new settlers arrived in the New World, they were aiming to create their own utopia, but they encountered difficulty and dissent. In The Puritan Dilemma: John Winthrop, biographer Edmund Morgan helps us understand the motivations behind Puritan migration to America and the ideological and political difficulties they faced once they arrived. What does freedom mean? What is the proper role of the individual in society? Alongside the unfolding drama of a developing country, Morgan explores the life of John Winthrop and the core question of what level of responsibility people owe to their community and society." - From Amazon.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks The Karl H. Niebyl Collection F67 .W79 M66 1958 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Damaged Contains light underlining. NPML21060028

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index.

I. The taming of the heart -- II. Evil and declining times -- III. A shelter and a hiding place -- IV. The way to a new England -- V. Survival -- VI. A special commission -- VII. A due form of government -- VIII. Leniency rebuked -- IX. Separatism unleashed -- X. Seventeenth-century nihilism -- XI. The New England way -- XII. New England or old -- XIII. Foreign affairs.

"In 1630, along with hundreds of other settlers, John Winthrop left England for the New World. Because of his ardent Puritan beliefs and natural talent for government and politics, he was appointed governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. He became the foremost political leader in the colony for nearly 20 years, including twelve nonconsecutive terms as governor. When Winthrop and these new settlers arrived in the New World, they were aiming to create their own utopia, but they encountered difficulty and dissent. In The Puritan Dilemma: John Winthrop, biographer Edmund Morgan helps us understand the motivations behind Puritan migration to America and the ideological and political difficulties they faced once they arrived. What does freedom mean? What is the proper role of the individual in society? Alongside the unfolding drama of a developing country, Morgan explores the life of John Winthrop and the core question of what level of responsibility people owe to their community and society." - From Amazon.

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