454 Pages
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Routledge
452 Pages
by
Routledge
452 Pages
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Routledge
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In Liberalism, Puritanism and the Colonial Mind , Parrington gives a brilliant account of the beginning and development in American letters, the early ideas that have come to be reckoned as traditionally American—how they came into being, how they were opposed, and what influence they have exerted in determining the form and scope of our ideals and institutions. In doing so, the author follows... Read more
1: Liberalism and Puritanism; 1: The Puritan Heritage 1620-1660; I: English Backgrounds; II: The Transplanting of Ideas; III: The Chief Stewards of Theocracy; IV: The Contributions of Independency; V: Other Dreamers in Israel; 2: The Twilight of the Oligarchy 1660-1720; I: Samuel Sewall; II: The Mather Dynasty; III: Stirrings of Liberalism; 2: The Colonial Mind; 1: The Mind in the Making 1720-1763; I: Colonial Backgrounds; II: The Anachronism of Jonathan Edwards; III: Benjamin Franklin; 2: The Awakening of the American Mind 1763-1783; I: Imperial Sovereignty and Home Rule; II: The Mind of the American Tory; III: John Dickinson; IV: Samuel Adams; V: Literary Echoes; 3: Liberalism and the Constitution 1783-1800; 1: The Agrarian Defeat 1783-1787; I: Agrarianism and Capitalism; II: The Great Debate; III: Political Thinkers; 2: Political Democracy Gets Under Way 1787-1800; I: The Impact of the French Revolution; II: Political Thinkers; III: The War of Belles Lettres; Conclusion
Biography
Richard Labunski
