New England's Prospect: 1933: American Geographical Society

American Geographical Society of New York

ISBN 10: 0404003540 / ISBN 13: 9780404003548

Edité par AMS Press, 1970

Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized. N° de réf. du vendeur M0404003540Z3

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Présentation de l'éditeur: Presse, which have beene very imperfect; as also because there hath beene many scandalous and false reports past upon the Country, even from the sulphurious breath of every base ballad-monger: wherefore to perfect the-one, and take off the other, I have laid down the nature of the Country, without any partiall respect unto it. These remarks from the foreword to William Wood s New England s Prospect, published in London in 1634, well describe the motives that prompted the preparation of the present volume, in which Wood stitle has been revived. Some relations heretofore past the Presse concerning contemporary New England have indeed been imperfect. New England has suffered from the sulphurious breath of a modern breed of ballad-monger. The several contributors to New England s Prospect 1933 have attempted to lay down the nature of the Country, without any partiall respect unto it that is, in a detached spirit of scholarly inquiry. They have tried not to advertise New England nor to glorify it, but to see it as it is. Several broad fields of inquiry were outlined covering social, economic, and governmental conditions and activities in New England. Each contributor is a specialist in one of these fields and, in connection with it, was invited to discuss contemporary movements and issues that have appeared to him of the first importance. He was asked to give particular attention to the progress of investigation and to gaps that further investigation should fill. He was urged, so far as pertinent, to consider not only issues regarding which New England presents a united front but also the divergent interests of the several communities that make up the larger whole. Finally he was requested to bear in mind conditions beyond New England sborders that affect the destiny of its people. The book opens with five introductory papers. Dr. A dams interprets the character
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Titre : New England's Prospect: 1933: American ...
Éditeur : AMS Press
Date d'édition : 1970
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Good