The New England Mind: From Colony to Province

by Perry Miller

Series:The New England Mind (2)

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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.

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Carolfoasia 137 reviews

This is complicated and difficult but fascinating. It is the intellectual history of New England. This volume marks the transition from Puritan to Yankee.

Oct 12, 2011

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