| Portion of title |
John Winthrop's New England (1620-1650) |
| Series |
Early American History series: the American Colonies 1500-1830., 1877-0216 ; vol.11
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| Contents |
The Beginnings of English Settlement -- Plymouth Colony and the Birth of Settler Literature -- Organizing Settlement: The Massachusetts Bay Company -- John Winthrop's Decision for America -- Managing New England -- Expansion and Violence in Early New England -- Liberty. |
| Abstract |
"Settling the Good Land: Governance and Promotion in John Winthrop's New England (1620-1650) is the first institutional history of the Massachusetts Bay Company, cornerstone of early modern English colonisation in North America. Agnès Delahaye analyses settlement as a form of colonial innovation, to reveal the political significance of early New England sources, above and beyond religion. John Winthrop was not just a Puritan, but a settler governor who wrote the history of the expansion of his company as a record of successful and enduring policy. Delahaye argues that settlement, as the action and the experience of appropriating the land, is key to understanding the role played by Winthrop's writings in American historiography, before independence and in our times"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Delahaye, Agnès. Settling the good land Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] 9789004431393 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020028825 |
| ISBN | 9789004435216 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
