Prospero's America : John Winthrop, Jr., alchemy, and the creation of New England culture, 1606-1676 / Walter W. Woodward.
Woodward, Walter William.; Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
2010
QD24.W56 W66 2010 (Mapit)
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Prospero's America : John Winthrop, Jr., alchemy, and the creation of New England culture, 1606-1676 / Walter W. Woodward.
Author
Woodward, Walter William.
ISBN
9780807833018 (alk. paper)
0807833010 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press, c2010.
Language
English
Description
viii, 317 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
QD24.W56 W66 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
540.1/1097409032
Summary
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
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