Settling the Good Land : Governance and Promotion in John Winthrop's New England (1620-1650).

Intro -- Settling the Good Land: Governance and Promotion in John Winthrop's New England (1620-1650) -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1 The Beginnings of English Settlement -- 1 The Idea of America -- 2 Trade, Land, and Politics -- 3 Richard Hakluyt, the younger, and the English Rationale for Colonization -- 4 Failure at Home and on the Ground Virginia -- 5 John Smith and the Opportunities of Settlement -- 6 The Council for New England -- 2 Plymouth Colony and the Birth of Settler Literature -- 1 The Plymouth Settlement -- 2 A Collective Endeavor -- 3 The Trials of Settlement -- 4 Land Appropriation through Violence -- 5 Setting Up Boundaries -- 6 Commonality of Purpose -- 7 Autonomy and Self-Governance -- 3 Organizing Settlement: The Massachusetts Bay Company -- 1 Fish and Fur -- 2 The New England Company -- 3 Founding the Massachusetts Bay Company -- 4 Ownership and Control -- 5 Promoting and Recruiting -- 6 Transferring the Government -- 7 John Winthrop Governor -- 4 John Winthrop's Decision for America -- 1 Ancestry -- 2 Inheritance -- 3 Competency -- 4 Godliness A Public Act -- 5 Winthrop's Calling -- 6 Land and Family -- 7 The Call of the Sea -- 8 Writing for New England -- 5 Managing New England -- 1 The Crossing -- 2 Appropriating the Good Land -- 3 Distributing the Good Land -- 4 Ordering the Good Land -- 5 The Affairs of the Commonwealth -- 6 Expansion and Violence in Early New England -- 1 Settler Sovereignty -- 2 Safety and Violence -- 3 Settling Connecticut -- 4 Terror -- 5 Promoting War -- 6 Institutionalizing Violence -- 7 Liberty -- 1 Commonwealth -- 2 The Power of Godliness -- 3 The Problem of Religion -- 4 Public Service -- 5 Consent and Equity -- 6 Generation, Degeneration and Desertion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

The history of the settlement project of the Massachusetts Bay Company in early New England. this book offers a critical reading of the settler history of its first governor, John Winthrop.

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