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PROTESTANTISM IN A MULTI-CULTURAL EARLY AMERICA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2014

GEOFFREY PLANK*
Affiliation:
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

Abstract

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