The Urban Crucible : : Social Change, Political Consciousness, and the Origins of the American Revolution /

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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Nash, Gary B.,
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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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