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Title:
Prospero's America : John Winthrop, Jr., alchemy, and the creation of New England culture, 1606-1676
Author:
Woodward, Walter William, author.
ISBN:
9781469603070

9780807895931
Publication Information:
Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 317 pages : illustrations, maps)
Abstract:
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 the significance of early modern science in shaping New England hand in hand with Puritanism and politics.
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