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Book SynopsisThe dominant narrative of New England Puritanism has maintained that piety and prosperity were enemies, that the rise of commerce delivered a mortal blow to the fervor of the founders. This book offers a new alternative to the prevailing narrative
Trade Review"Peterson has produced an uncommonly well-written and appealing scholarly work that makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the post-Restoration experience of the New England Puritans."—
Seventeenth-Century News"Peterson's intriguing study . . . appears to be a new 'commercial' paradigm of Puritan development in New England that has far-reaching implications."—
Review in American HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. A 'right middle way'; 2. A temple in the wilderness; 3. A garden in the metropolis; 4. 'The want of all means ordained to help me'; 5. Keepers of the vineyard, gentlemen of means; 6. 'Christ's curious garden fenced in ... '; 7. Defending the garden, cultivating the wilderness; 8. '... With solid walls of discipline'; Conclusion; from the covenant to the revival and beyond; Notes; Index.
