The title of this book by Perry Miller, a world-famous interpreter of the American past, nearly poses the question it has been his lifelong purpose to answer: What was the underlying aim of the first colonists in coming to America? Miller emphasizes the need for understanding the human sources from which the American mainstream has risen.
Perry Miller Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
25 febbraio 1905 – 9 dicembre 1963
Perry Miller è stata una figura centrale nella storia intellettuale americana, rinomato per il suo profondo coinvolgimento con il puritanesimo americano. Come fondatore degli studi americani, è stato un pioniere nell'adozione di un approccio culturale per comprendere le visioni del mondo storiche, spostando l'attenzione dalle precedenti analisi psicologiche ed economiche. La sua rigorosa erudizione ha illuminato idee complesse e ha plasmato in modo significativo lo studio del pensiero americano. L'influenza di Miller si è estesa oltre l'accademia, guidando futuri studiosi e ispirando figure letterarie.
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