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Shedding critical new light on the diverse forms of Puritan belief and practice in England, Scotland, and New England, Hall provides a multifaceted account of a cultural movement that judged the Protestant reforms of Elizabeth's reign to be unfinished"--Provided by publisher.

Offers a sweeping chronicle of the US's print production and culture from colonial times to the end of the twentieth century. This interdisciplinary work examines the book trades as they have developed and spread throughout the United States, provides a history of US literary cultures, investigates the practice of reading and, more broadly, the uses of literacy, and links literary culture with larger themes in American history.

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There is no competition since this is the first book in the English language on cosmonaut selection and training Offers a unique and original discussion on how Russia prepares its cosmonauts for spaceflight. Contains original interviews and photographs with first-hand information obtained by the authors on visits to Star City Provides an insight to the role of cosmonauts in the global space programme of the future. Reviews the training both of...

This description of the Americanization of the Puritan ministry as it was transported to the New England colonies offers a host of new insights into American religious history. This book also affords the reader one of the freshest and most comprehensive histories of the seventeenth-century New England mind and society.

David D. Hall is Bartlett Research Professor of New England Church History at Harvard Divinity School. He is author of several books and editor of Bibliography and the Book Trades: Studies in the Print Culture of Early New England by Hugh Amory, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

In this revelatory account of the people who founded the New England colonies, historian David D. Hall compares the reforms they enacted with those attempted in England during the period of the English Revolution. Bringing with them a deep fear of arbitrary, unlimited authority, these settlers based their churches on the participation of laypeople and insisted on "consent" as a premise of all civil governance. Puritans also transformed civil a...

This superb documentary collection illuminates the history of witchcraft and witch-hunting in seventeenth-century New England. The original texts tell in vivid detail a multi-dimensional story that conveys not only the process of witch-hunting but also the complexity of culture and society in early America.

In praise of the first edition: "The transcripts reproduced here of the examination of Mrs. Hutchinson at the General Court in November 1637 and her trial at the Boston church in March 1638 remain as vivid and revealing as ever. The editing and presentation of the documents . . . ensure that the volume will be the standard text for these materials for a long time."--Conrad Wright, "American Historical Review"A comprehensive, well-edited collec...

In praise of the first edition: "The transcripts reproduced here of the examination of Mrs. Hutchinson at the General Court in November 1637 and her trial at the Boston church in March 1638 remain as vivid and revealing as ever. The editing and presentation of the documents . . . ensure that the volume will be the standard text for these materials for a long time."--Conrad Wright, "American Historical Review"A comprehensive, well-edited collec...

Adam Cassidy (Liam Hemsworth) kommt aus Brooklyn und ist ein junger, talentierter Angestellter bei Wyatt Telecom, einem der führenden US-Hightech-Unternehmen der Mobilfunkindustrie. Sein ganzes Leben schon arbeitet er auf seine große Chance hin - den einen Moment, in dem er es allen beweisen kann. Als sein Ex-Chef, Wyatt Telecom CEO NicolasWyatt (Gary Oldman), ihm mit einem unmoralischen Angebot diese Gelegenheit bietet, muss er zugreifen und ...

This book tells an extraordinary story of the people of early New England and their spiritual lives. David Hall describes a world of religious consensus and resistance: a variety of conflicting beliefs and believers ranging from the committed core to outright dissenters.

Adam Cassidy (Liam Hemsworth) kommt aus Brooklyn und ist ein junger, talentierter Angestellter bei Wyatt Telecom, einem der führenden US-Hightech-Unternehmen der Mobilfunkindustrie. Sein ganzes Leben schon arbeitet er auf seine große Chance hin - den einen Moment, in dem er es allen beweisen kann. Als sein Ex-Chef, Wyatt Telecom CEO NicolasWyatt (Gary Oldman), ihm mit einem unmoralischen Angebot diese Gelegenheit bietet, muss er zugreifen und ...

This 5th volume in the Calvin 500 series will analyze the impact of Calvins ideas on business/economics/ finance/industry. Calvinism and the Spirit of Business (co-editor, Matthew Burton of the Invisible Hand Foundation, a private charitable foundation), will both articulate fundamental economic realities and gather business leaders and experts to show how Calvinism leads to strengths and advantages in market economies.