Drawing on primary documents such as farmer's diaries, small rural papers of the 19th century, and the publications of state agricultural societies, this provocative study presents an intelligent overview into the driving forces of that shaped American history in the Northeast.
Drawing on primary documents such as farmer's diaries, small rural papers of the 19th century, and the publications of state agricultural societies, t...
Agents of Wrath, Sowers and Discord reconciles two conflicting schools of thought within the historiography of American Puritanism, and provides a new look at religious and political controversy in colonial New England. Addressing more recent scholarship that dismisses the notion of a discernable Puritan identity, Timothy L. Wood challenges previous interpretations that have depicted a monolithic Puritan establishment ruthlessly crushing all principled opposition within the colony, and instead emphasizes the enormous importance the colony's leadership placed upon balancing their allegiance to...
Agents of Wrath, Sowers and Discord reconciles two conflicting schools of thought within the historiography of American Puritanism, and provides a new...
