People of the Wachusett : : Greater New England in History and Memory, 1630–1860 / / David P. Jaffee.
Nashaway became Lancaster, Wachusett became Princeton, and all of Nipmuck County became the county of Worcester. Town by town, New England grew—Watertown, Sudbury, Turkey Hills, Fitchburg, Westminster, Walpole—and with each new community the myth of America flourished. In People of the Wachusett the...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©1999 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 13 drawings, 30 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART I. TOWNN SETTLEMENT IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
- r. Indians, English, and Missionaries: The Plantation of Nashaway
- 2. ”Indian-Fighters” and Town Founders: The Resettlement of the Wachusett, 1675-1725
- PART II. TOWN SETTLEMENT IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
- 3. Lancaster and Its Offspring: Serial Town Formation Enters the New Century
- 4. Narragansett No.2: Reproducing Families and Farms
- PART III. THE CREATION OF GREATER NEW ENGLAND
- 5. New England Moves North: The South Shore of Nova Scotia
- 6. Town Founding and the Village Enlightenment: Walpole, New Hampshire
- Epilogue: The Myth of Town Settlement
- Notes
- Bibliographical Essay
- Index