Title New England's generation : the great migration and the formation of society and culture in the seventeenth century / Virginia DeJohn Anderson

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991

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Description 1 online resource (x, 232 pages) Summary Through analyses of the process of migration and settlement and of the symbolic meaning that participants attached to their experiences, this book tells the story of New England's origins as one of dynamism and change. Focusing on the lives of nearly seven-hundred emigrants, the narrative examines such topics as the settlers' motives for leaving England, their experience of the voyage, their patterns of settlement in the New World, and their search for economic security in a new land. The descendants of the founders erected the story of their 'great' migration into early British America's only effective foundation myth - a record of achievement that succeeding generations could never match. Rich in detail and insight, this exploration of New England's founding examines both the lives of ordinary people and the transcendent meanings that those lives ultimately acquired Notes Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D., Harvard University) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Immigrants -- New England -- History -- 17th century Puritans -- New England -- History -- 17th century Civilization Emigration and immigration Immigrants Puritans SUBJECT New England -- Civilization -- 17th century England -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 17th century New England -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 17th century Subject England New England Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0521405068 9780521405065 052144764X 9780521447645

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