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9780195032079

Puritans and Adventurers Change and Persistence in Early America

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195032079

  • ISBN10:

    0195032071

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1982-09-16
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This collection of essays is concerned with two main issues: first, theway in which the local origins of English colonists influenced their attitudesand adaptation to North America; and second, the contrast between thesettlements of Massachusetts and Virginia.

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Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Introductionp. xi
Persistent Localism: English Social Change and the Shaping of New England Institutionsp. 3
The Covenanted Militia of Massachusetts Bay: English Background and New World Developmentp. 25
Moving to the New World: The Character of Early Massachusetts Immigrationp. 46
Transfer of Culture: Chance and Design in Shaping Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1660p. 68
War, Taxes, and Political Brokers: The Ordeal of Massachusetts Bay, 1675-1692p. 81
Looking Out for Number One: The Cultural Limits on Public Policy in Early Virginiap. 106
A Changing Labor Force and Race Relations in Virginia, 1660-1710p. 127
Horses and Gentlemen: The Cultural Significance of Gambling Among the Gentry of Virginiap. 148
Of Time and Nature: A Study of Persistent Values in Colonial Virginiap. 164
Notesp. 197
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