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Rank, Deference, and the Puritan Social Order
They believed in equality before God --- and inequality everywhere else
The Puritan Commonwealth
Democracy, theocracy, and the origins of American self-government
How the Puritans Raised Their Children
Strictness, tenderness, and the practice of 'putting out'
Puritan Marriage: A Civil Contract
Why they took marriage away from the church
Land, Commons, and the Puritan Settlement
Property was never purely private
What the Puritans Knew About Debt
Borrowing, lending, and the bonds of community
The Puritan Entrepreneur
Industry, calling, and the moral economy
Puritan Inheritance and the Family Estate
How the saints divided their worldly goods
The Puritans on Romantic Love
They were not the prudes you think they were