Governing the Tongue - The Politics of Speech in Early New England

Zusatztext the best kind of historiography Informationen zum Autor Jane Kamensky is Assistant Professor of American History at Brandeis University and author of The Colonial Mosaic: American Women, 1600-1760 (OUP, 1995). Klappentext Governing the Tongue explains why the spoken word assumed such importance in the culture of early New England. Zusammenfassung Explaining why the spoken word assumed such importance in the culture of early New England, the author re-examines such famous Puritan events as the Salem witch trials and the banishment of Anne Hutchinson to expose the ever-present fear of what the puritans called "sins of the tongue."

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• Authors: Jane Kamensky, Jane (Assistant Professor of History Kamensky, Kamensky Jane
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9780195130904
• ISBN: 978-0-19-513090-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Philosophy of Language, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, PHILOSOPHY / Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Sociolinguistics, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, United States of America, USA, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, C 1700 To C 1800, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc