Asian Americans: Opposing Viewpoints (American History Series)

Asian Americans: Opposing Viewpoints: American History Series book by William Dudley, Bruno Leone

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in great condition. No notes or highlighting. Ex-library book but very few markings. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> One June 8, 1630, John Winthrop and his company of refugees had their first glimpse of what they came to call New England. High on the surrounding hills stood a welcoming band of fir trees whose fragrance drifted to the Arbella on a morning breeze. To Winthrop, the "smell off the shore [was] like the smell of a garden." This new world would, in fact, often be compared to the Garden of Eden. Here, John Winthrop would have his opportu- nity to start life over again. So would his family and his ship- mates. So would all those who came after them. These victims of conflict in old England hoped to find peace in New England. Winthrop, for one, had experienced much conflict in his life. As a Puritan, he was opposed to Catholicism and Anglicanism, both of which, he believed, were burdened by distracting rituals and distant hierarchies. A parliamentarian by conviction, he despised Charles I, who had spurned Parliament and created a private army to do his bidding. Winthrop beli. Artikel-Nr. Batch-FM404-G-9411

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