1 option
Unmoored : the search for sincerity in colonial America / Ana Schwartz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartz, Ana, author.
- 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.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.