The Puritan Tradition in America, 1620-1730

by Alden T. Vaughan

Book Overview

Many students of our national character would agree that, for better or worse, the Puritan tradition had an enormous effect on the assumptions and aspirations of today's Americans. This book tells the story, largely through the participants' own words, of the emergence of that tradition. It provides a broad range of primary documents--religious, political, social, legal, familial, and economic--for an understanding of Puritanism in early New England...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874518520
• ISBN13: 9780874518528
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"