The Making of an American Thinking Class. Intellectuals and Intelligentsia in Puritan Massachusetts.

Staloff, Darren

ISBN 10: 0195149823 / ISBN 13: 9780195149821

Published by Oxford University Press Inc, 2001

About this Item

An interpretation of the political and intellectual history of Puritan Massachusetts, this text envisions the Bay colony as a 17th-century one-party state, where congregations served as ideological "cells" and authority was restricted to an educated elite of ministers and magistrates. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HRCC93; JFCX; JFSC; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 387. . 2001. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of an American Thinking Class. Intellectuals and Intelligentsia in Puritan Massachusetts.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195149823
• ISBN 13: 9780195149821
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A radical new interpretation of the political and intellectual history of Puritan Massachusetts, The Making of an American Thinking Class envisions the Bay colony as a seventeenth century one-party state, where congregations served as ideological 'cells' and authority was restricted to an educated elite of ministers and magistrates. From there Staloff offers a broadened conception of the interstices of political, social, and intellectual authority in Puritan Massachusetts and beyond, arguing that ideologies, as well as ideological politics, are produced by self-conscious, and often class-conscious, thinkers.

About the Author

Darren Staloff is Assistant Professor of History at City College of New York.