John Winthrop : biography as history /

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Author / Creator:Bremer, Francis J.
Imprint:New York : Continuum, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (x, 112 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11232601
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ISBN:9781441159199
1441159193
9780826429919
0826429912
9780826429926
0826429920
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:John Winthrop (1588-1649) was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and is generally considered the principal architect of early New England society. He led the colonists through the initial struggles to survive in a new world, shaped the political organizations that gave the colonists the right to govern themselves through elected governors and representatives, worked to mediate between those who advanced radical religious and political ideas on the one hand and those who sought a very narrowly defined orthodoxy, and contributed to the development of a system of education which i.
Other form:Print version: Bremer, Francis J. John Winthrop. New York : Continuum, ©2009 9780826429919