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A lucid and tightly argued account of the institutions, laws, and lives forged by the earliest colonists in New England.-- William and Mary Quarterly

A model of elegance and erudition. . . . A compelling story that has immense resonance for our understanding of the past--but also the present. <br>--Alexandra Walsham, author of Charitable Hatred: Tolerance and Intolerance in England, 1500-1700

A model of elegance and erudition. . . . A compelling story that has immense resonance for our understanding of the past--but also the present. --Alexandra Walsham, author of Charitable Hatred: Tolerance and Intolerance in England, 1500-1700

Hall rescues the New England Puritans from the dark myths of repression... [He] reveals our original revolutionaries in search of equity, justice, and community. --Alan Taylor, author of The Civil War of 1812| Hall shows how a culture of participation and a social ethic of equity broke through the crust of authority to make possible the legal institutions and practices of mediation and compromise prerequisite to American democracy. --James T. Kloppenberg, author of Reading Obama: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Tradition| A model of elegance and erudition... A compelling story that has immense resonance for our understanding of the past-but also the present. --Alexandra Walsham, author of Charitable Hatred: Tolerance and Intolerance in England, 1500-1700

A lucid and tightly argued account of the institutions, laws, and lives forged by the earliest colonists in New England. . . . [A] challenge to the scholarly status quo on the relationships that existed among puritanism, science, and politics in early mo

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David D. Hall is Bartlett Research Professor of New England Church History at Harvard Divinity School. He is author or editor of numerous books on American religious and cultural history, including Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgment.

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