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Unmoored : the search for sincerity in colonial America / Ana Schwartz.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Schwartz, Ana, author.
Contributor:
JSTOR (Online Service)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Puritans--New England--History--17th century.
Puritans.
Puritans--New England--Social life and customs--17th century.
Sincerity--History--17th century.
Sincerity.
New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New England.
New England--Social life and customs--17th century.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
Williamsburg, Virginia : The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Contents:
Introduction. Great Expectations: The Promise of Sincerity
Moral Unmoorings: Fear and the Foundations of Settler Sincerity
Dreaming on Dry Land: Thoughtfulness beyond Good Intentions
Blood, Regret, and Tears: How to Put on Sincerity, and Why
The Happiest Memories: Duties, Debts, and the Generation of Freedom
Friendship, Fair and True: Sincerity Makes a Compromise with History
Conclusion. Miserable Comforts: A Dialectical Lyric.
Notes:
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Print version: Schwartz, Ana. Unmoored.
Print version:
ISBN:
9781469671796
1469671794
Publisher Number:
40031541109
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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