Description: Prospero's America : John Winthrop, Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1, Paperback by Woodward, Walter W., ISBN 1469600870, ISBN-13 9781469600871, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In Prosperos America, Walter W. Woodward examines the transfer of alchemical culture to America by John Winthrop, Jr., one of English colonizations early giants. Winthrop participated in a pan-European network of natural philosophers who believed alchemy could improve the human condition and hasten Christs Second Coming. Woodward demonstrates the influence of Winthrop and his philosophy on New Englands cultural formation: its settlement, economy, religious toleration, Indian relations, medical practice, witchcraft prosecution, and imperial diplomacy. Prosperos America reconceptualizes the significance of early modern science in shaping New England hand in hand with Puritanism and politics.
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Book Title: Prospero's America : John Winthrop, Jr. , Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606-1676
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: Philosophers, United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), General, Modern / General, History, Historical
Illustrator: Yes
Features: New Edition
Genre: Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 3 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Walter W. Woodward
Book Series: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
