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“Using a mountain of sources, McDermott demonstrates vividly that Catholic and Aristotelean ideas informed and shaped the lives of 17th century New England farmers along the Merrimack River. Scholars that caricature New England will be disturbed: those wishing to humanize and understand historical New England will be informed and delighted.” — Barry Levy, Professor of History Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst, US.

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The Puritan Ideology of Mobility eschews the economic and religious either/or for a more nuanced and subtle both/and. It does so with its focus on mobility—moving about within a country, migrating, creating colonial settlements—as a mindset informed by profoundly theological and practical concerns. Its central topics are crucial, and McDermott has done historians of early America a great service by showing their importance—Early American Literature

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