Book ID: CBB001021107

Prospero's America: John Winthrop Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606--1676 (2010)

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Woodward, Walter William (Author)


University of North Carolina Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: viii + 317 pp.; ill.; maps; index
Language: English

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Review Moran, Bruce T. (2011) Review of "Prospero's America: John Winthrop Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606--1676". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 170). unapi

Review Shackelford, Jole (2012) Review of "Prospero's America: John Winthrop Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606--1676". Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History. unapi

Review Young, John T. (2011) Review of "Prospero's America: John Winthrop Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606--1676". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (p. 277). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Silva, Cristobal Selenite
Debus, Allen G.
Delwiche, Theodore R.
Blakley, Christopher
Zilberstein, Anya
Thick, Malcolm
Concepts
Alchemy
Great Britain, colonies
Iatrophysical school
Chemistry
Agriculture
Medicine
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
16th century
Early modern
Renaissance
19th century
Places
North America
New England (U.S.)
Spain
England
Nova Scotia
West Africa
Institutions
Harvard University
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