Prospero's America : John Winthrop, Jr. , Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606-1676.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1: John Winthrop, Jr., and the European Alchemical Movement of the Early Seventeenth Century -- 2: The Republic of Alchemy and the Pansophic Moment -- 3: Founding a New London -- 4: Which Man's Land?: Conflict and Competition in Pequot Country -- 5: Alchemical Vision Refined -- 6: "God's Secret": John Winthrop, Jr., Alchemical Healing, and the Medical Culture of Early New England -- 7: The Magus as Mediator: Witchcraft, Alchemy, and Authority in the Connecticut Witch-Hunt of the 1660s -- 8: "Matters of Present Utility": John Winthrop, Jr., the Royal Society, and the Politics of Intelligence in Restoration New England -- Afterword -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

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