CONTENTS

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