The Puritan Tradition in America, 1620-1730 / Edition 1

by Alden T. Vaughan

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. Originally published in 1972, it is reissued here with a new introduction and two new documents: extracts from Anne Hutchinson's trial and from John Winthrop's "Experiencia".

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780874518528
Publisher:	University Press of New England
Publication date:	10/01/1997
Series:	Library of New England
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Alden Vaughan taught colonial history for many years at Columbia University. His books include Shakespeare's Caliban (1991) and New England Frontier: Puritans and Indians, 1620-1675 (1965).