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1) Prospero's America: John Winthrop, Jr., alchemy, and the creation of New England culture, 1606-1676
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Publisher
Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
viii, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
John Winthrop, Jr. participated in a pan-European network of natural philosophers who believed alchemy could improve the human condition and hasten Christ's Second Coming. Walter Woodward demonstrates how Winthrop and his philosophy influenced New England's cultural formation: its settlement, economy, religious toleration, Pequot Indian relations, medical practice, witchcraft prosecution, and imperial diplomacy. Prospero's America reconceptualizes...
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