Preface
PART ONE: THE CONQUERORS
Chapter One THE CONQUERORS
PART TWO: PURITANS, WITCHES, AND QUAKERS
Chapter Two DANGEROUS BOOKS
Chapter Three THE UNYIELDING INDIAN
Chapter Four JOHN WINTHROP’S VISION
Chapter Five THE PURITANS AND SEX
Chapter Six THE PROBLEMS OF A PURITAN HEIRESS
Chapter Seven THE CASE AGAINST ANNE HUTCHINSON
Chapter Eight THE PURITAN’S PURITAN: MICHAEL WIGGLESWORTH
Chapter Nine THE COURAGE OF GILES CORY AND MARY EASTY
Chapter Ten POSTSCRIPT: PHILADELPHIA 1787
Chapter Eleven THE CONTENTIOUS QUAKER: WILLIAM PENN
Chapter Twelve EZRA STILES AND TIMOTHY DWIGHT
PART THREE: REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS
Chapter Thirteen THE POWER OF NEGATIVE THINKING: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND GEORGE WASHINGTON
Chapter Fourteen THE END OF FRANKLIN’S PRAGMATISM
Chapter Fifteen THE FOUNDING FATHERS’ PROBLEM: REPRESENTATION
Chapter Sixteen THE ROLE OF THE ANTIFEDERALISTS
Epilogue THE GENIUS OF PERRY MILLER
Acknowledgments