Crucible: Puritanism

The topics of religion, work, home life, education, health and medicine in Puritan New England are discussed.

Discusses the lives of eight people who were responsible for the founding of colonial settlements from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania.

A readable, far-reaching history of a multi-denominational, multi-regional, and multi-ethnic religious group, Protestants in America explores the physical and ideological roots of the denomination up to the present day, and traces the origins of American Protestants all the way back to thefirst English colony at Jamestown.

Individual titles in every multivolume set present a historical perspective and a vivid picture of the cultural, political and social life of the era. Fully documented primary and secondary source quotations enliven the text, and each set includes well-organized primary source documents valuable for student research and reports.