Format:
Online-Ressource (vi, 354 p)
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ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0812241770
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9780812241778
Series Statement:
Early American studies
Content:
Ranging from the birth of town meetings in England to the whipping posts of early Boston to the creation of the Scituate shipbuilding common, Town Born reveals how New England town political economies created the foundation for a relatively egalitarian American society.
Content:
Cover -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: Foundations -- ONE: Political Economy -- TWO: Stripes -- THREE: Settlement -- PART II: Development -- FOUR: Political Fabric -- FIVE: Of Wharves and Men -- SIX: Rural Shipbuilding -- SEVEN: Crews -- PART III: Town People -- EIGHT: Orphans -- NINE: Prodigals or Milquetoasts? -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- SELECTED PRIMARY SOURCES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART I: Foundations""; ""ONE: Political Economy""; ""TWO: Stripes""; ""THREE: Settlement""; ""PART II: Development""; ""FOUR: Political Fabric""; ""FIVE: Of Wharves and Men""; ""SIX: Rural Shipbuilding""; ""SEVEN: Crews""; ""PART III: Town People""; ""EIGHT: Orphans""; ""NINE: Prodigals or Milquetoasts?""; ""EPILOGUE""; ""NOTES""; ""SELECTED PRIMARY SOURCES""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""
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""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812202618
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812241778
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Town Born : The Political Economy of New England from Its Founding to the Revolution
Language:
English
URL:
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