MAKING HASTE FROM BABYLON
- 作者
- 出版社 Random House US
- 出版时间 2011年4月 第1版
- ISBN 9780307386267
- 定价 155.00
内容简介
Attheendof1618,ablazinggreenstarsoaredacrossthenightskyoverthenorthernhemisphere.FromthePhilippinestotheArctic,thecometbecameasensationandasymbol,awarningofdoomorapromiseofsalvation.Twoyearslater,asthePilgrimspreparedtosailacrosstheAtlanticonboardtheMayflower,theatmosphereremainedchargedwithfearandexpectation.Menandwomenreadiedthemselvesforwar,pestilence,ordivineretribution.Againstthisbackground,andamiddeepeconomicdepression,thePilgrimsconceivedtheirenterpriseofexile.Withinadecade,despitecrisisandcatastrophe,theybuiltathrivingsettlementatNewPlymouth,basedonbeaverfur,corn,andcattle.Indoingso,theylaidthefoundationsforMassachusetts,NewEngland,andanewnation.Usingawealthofnewevidencefromlandscape,archaeology,andhundredsofoverlookedorneglecteddocuments,NickBunkergivesavividandstrikinglyoriginalaccountoftheMayflowerprojectandthefirstdecadeofthePlymouthColony.FrommercantileLondonandtheruralEnglandofQueenElizabethIandKingJamesItothemountainsandriversofMaine,heweavesarichnarrativethatcombinesreligion,politics,money,science,andthesea.ThePilgrimswereentrepreneursaswellasevangelicals,politicalradicalsaswellasChristianidealists.MakingHastefromBabylontellstheirstoryinunrivaleddepth,fromtheirrootsinreligiousconflictandvillagestrifeathometotheirfinalcreationofapermanentfootholdinAmerica.
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