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Between Two Worlds
How the English Became Americans
Taschenbuch von Malcolm Gaskill
Sprache: Englisch

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The transatlantic story of how the English settlers of seventeenth century North America became Americans - from the near-calamitous first settlement at Jamestown in 1607 to the drama of the Salem witch trials.
The transatlantic story of how the English settlers of seventeenth century North America became Americans - from the near-calamitous first settlement at Jamestown in 1607 to the drama of the Salem witch trials.
Über den Autor
Malcolm Gaskill is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia. Educated at Cambridge University, he has taught at several UK universities and was formerly Fellow and Director of Studies at Churchill College, Cambridge. An authority on witchcraft and witch-trials, he is the author of numerous books and articles on the social and cultural history of England between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries, including Witchcraft: a Very Short Introduction (2010), also published by Oxford University Press.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • Prologue: Worlds Collide

  • Part I: Planters, 1607-1640

  • 1: Brave Heroic Minds

  • 2: Earth's Only Paradise

  • 3: Each Man Shall Have His Share

  • 4: The Vast and Furious Ocean

  • 5: Full of Wild Beasts and Wild Men

  • 6: A City upon a Hill

  • 7: To Clearer Light and More Liberty

  • 8: In Darkness and the Shadow of Death

  • Part II: Saints, 1640-1675

  • 9: Calamities of our Brethren

  • 10: Marching Manfully On

  • 11: Devouring Caterpillars and Gnawing Worms

  • 12: A Heap of Troubles and Confusion

  • 13: Have You Better Hearts Than Your Forefathers?

  • 14: Alas! Our Nehemiahs Are Gone

  • Part III: Warriors, 1675-1692

  • 15: Exquisite Torments and Inhumane Barbarities

  • 16: Juggling Parasites and the Giddy Multitude

  • 17: A Swarm Out of That Hive

  • 18: New England Their Native Land

  • 19: The Little Daughter of New England in America

  • 20: With Devils and Damned Spirits

  • Epilogue: New Worlds

  • Index

  • Preface

  • Prologue: Worlds Collide

  • Part I: Planters, 1607-1640

  • 1: Brave Heroic Minds

  • 2: Earth's Only Paradise

  • 3: Each Man Shall Have His Share

  • 4: The Vast and Furious Ocean

  • 5: Full of Wild Beasts and Wild Men

  • 6: A City upon a Hill

  • 7: To Clearer Light and More Liberty

  • 8: In Darkness and the Shadow of Death

  • Part II: Saints, 1640-1675

  • 9: Calamities of our Brethren

  • 10: Marching Manfully On

  • 11: Devouring Caterpillars and Gnawing Worms

  • 12: A Heap of Troubles and Confusion

  • 13: Have You Better Hearts Than Your Forefathers?

  • 14: Alas! Our Nehemiahs Are Gone

  • Part III: Warriors, 1675-1692

  • 15: Exquisite Torments and Inhumane Barbarities

  • 16: Juggling Parasites and the Giddy Multitude

  • 17: A Swarm Out of That Hive

  • 18: New England Their Native Land

  • 19: The Little Daughter of New England in America

  • 20: With Devils and Damned Spirits

  • Epilogue: New Worlds

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199672974
ISBN-10: 0199672970
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gaskill, Malcolm
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 139 x 214 x 31 mm
Von/Mit: Malcolm Gaskill
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.10.2020
Gewicht: 0,654 kg
Artikel-ID: 118866872
Über den Autor
Malcolm Gaskill is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia. Educated at Cambridge University, he has taught at several UK universities and was formerly Fellow and Director of Studies at Churchill College, Cambridge. An authority on witchcraft and witch-trials, he is the author of numerous books and articles on the social and cultural history of England between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries, including Witchcraft: a Very Short Introduction (2010), also published by Oxford University Press.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • Prologue: Worlds Collide

  • Part I: Planters, 1607-1640

  • 1: Brave Heroic Minds

  • 2: Earth's Only Paradise

  • 3: Each Man Shall Have His Share

  • 4: The Vast and Furious Ocean

  • 5: Full of Wild Beasts and Wild Men

  • 6: A City upon a Hill

  • 7: To Clearer Light and More Liberty

  • 8: In Darkness and the Shadow of Death

  • Part II: Saints, 1640-1675

  • 9: Calamities of our Brethren

  • 10: Marching Manfully On

  • 11: Devouring Caterpillars and Gnawing Worms

  • 12: A Heap of Troubles and Confusion

  • 13: Have You Better Hearts Than Your Forefathers?

  • 14: Alas! Our Nehemiahs Are Gone

  • Part III: Warriors, 1675-1692

  • 15: Exquisite Torments and Inhumane Barbarities

  • 16: Juggling Parasites and the Giddy Multitude

  • 17: A Swarm Out of That Hive

  • 18: New England Their Native Land

  • 19: The Little Daughter of New England in America

  • 20: With Devils and Damned Spirits

  • Epilogue: New Worlds

  • Index

  • Preface

  • Prologue: Worlds Collide

  • Part I: Planters, 1607-1640

  • 1: Brave Heroic Minds

  • 2: Earth's Only Paradise

  • 3: Each Man Shall Have His Share

  • 4: The Vast and Furious Ocean

  • 5: Full of Wild Beasts and Wild Men

  • 6: A City upon a Hill

  • 7: To Clearer Light and More Liberty

  • 8: In Darkness and the Shadow of Death

  • Part II: Saints, 1640-1675

  • 9: Calamities of our Brethren

  • 10: Marching Manfully On

  • 11: Devouring Caterpillars and Gnawing Worms

  • 12: A Heap of Troubles and Confusion

  • 13: Have You Better Hearts Than Your Forefathers?

  • 14: Alas! Our Nehemiahs Are Gone

  • Part III: Warriors, 1675-1692

  • 15: Exquisite Torments and Inhumane Barbarities

  • 16: Juggling Parasites and the Giddy Multitude

  • 17: A Swarm Out of That Hive

  • 18: New England Their Native Land

  • 19: The Little Daughter of New England in America

  • 20: With Devils and Damned Spirits

  • Epilogue: New Worlds

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199672974
ISBN-10: 0199672970
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gaskill, Malcolm
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 139 x 214 x 31 mm
Von/Mit: Malcolm Gaskill
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.10.2020
Gewicht: 0,654 kg
Artikel-ID: 118866872
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