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 Libros
25 de febrero de 1905 – 9 de diciembre de 1963
Perry Miller fue una figura central en la historia intelectual estadounidense, reconocido por su profunda conexión con el puritanismo americano. Como fundador de los estudios americanos, fue pionero en un enfoque cultural para comprender las cosmovisiones históricas, desplazando el foco de análisis psicológicos y económicos anteriores. Su rigurosa erudición iluminó ideas complejas y moldeó significativamente el estudio del pensamiento americano. La influencia de Miller se extendió más allá de la academia, guiando a futuros académicos e inspirando a figuras literarias.
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