The Urban Crucible : : Social Change, Political Consciousness, and the Origins of the American Revolution / / Gary B. Nash.
This book boldly reinterprets colonial life and the origins of the American Revolution. While retaining all the main points of analysis and interpretation, the author has reduced the full complement of statistics, sources, and technical data contained in the original edition to serve the needs of ge...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: American History eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1979 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (548 p.) :; illustrations |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- PART ONE. GROWTH AND WAR 1690–1740 -- 1. The Web of Seaport Life -- 2. The Urban Polity -- 3. The Seaport Economies in an Era of War -- 4. The Rise of Popular Politics -- 5. The Urban Economies in an Era of Peace -- 6. Political Unrest in the Interwar Period -- PART TWO. CONFLICT AND REVOLUTION 1740–1776 -- 7. The Renewal of War and the Decline of Boston -- 8. Religious Revival and Politics at Mid-Century -- 9. Prosperity and Poverty: The Seven Years War and Its Aftermath -- 10. The Intensification of Factional Politics -- 11. The Stamp Act in the Port Towns -- 12. The Disordered Urban Economies -- 13. Revolution -- APPENDIX Tables Figures NOTES INDEX -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | This book boldly reinterprets colonial life and the origins of the American Revolution. While retaining all the main points of analysis and interpretation, the author has reduced the full complement of statistics, sources, and technical data contained in the original edition to serve the needs of general readers and undergraduates. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674182899 9783110353464 9783110353488 9783110442212 |
DOI: | 10.4159/harvard.9780674182899 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Gary B. Nash. |