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Innes, Stephen

 
9780393035841: Creating the Commonwealth: The Economic Culture of Puritan New England
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ISBN 10: 0393035840 ISBN 13: 9780393035841
Editorial: WW Norton & Co, 1995

Sinopsis

This work provides a sweeping reinterpretation of America's cultural roots in the colonial past. The author focuses on enterprise in early New England and its relation to the prevailing culture of Puritanism. He finds in Massachusetts Bay a fierce devotion to God that fed a social commitment to engage the world and prosper. The result was a thriving capitalism and a dimishing devotion which alarmed Puritan leaders in the late 17th century. While telling the story of Massachusetts Bay's transformation from a resource-poor perch on the continent to an active international economy, Innes supplies detail on early New England's ironworks, fisheries, shipyards and the "scums and dreggs" who provided the labour for Puritan enterprise.

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This work provides a sweeping reinterpretation of America's cultural roots in the colonial past. The author focuses on enterprise in early New England and its relation to the prevailing culture of Puritanism. He finds in Massachusetts Bay a fierce devotion to God that fed a social commitment to engage the world and prosper. The result was a thriving capitalism and a dimishing devotion which alarmed Puritan leaders in the late 17th century. While telling the story of Massachusetts Bay's transformation from a resource-poor perch on the continent to an active international economy, Innes supplies detail on early New England's ironworks, fisheries, shipyards and the "scums and dreggs" who provided the labour for Puritan enterprise.

Biografía del autor

Stephen Innes, professor of history at the University of Virginia, has written extensively on the social history of colonial America.

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Editorial
WW Norton & Co
Año de publicación
1995
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0393035840
ISBN 13 
9780393035841
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
416
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