The New England mind : from colony to province / / Perry Miller

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778014603321
• Autore: Miller Perry <1905-1963.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Harvard University Press, , [1983]; ©1953
• ISBN: 0-674-04104-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 513 pages)
• Disciplina: 974
• Soggetti: Puritans - New England; American literature - New England - History and criticism; American literature - Puritan authors - History and criticism; New England theology; New England Intellectual life; New England History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Sequel to The New ENgland mind: the seventeenth century."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical notes and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.