| Description |
xiii, 368 p. : ill., ports. |
| Series |
Studies in eighteenth-century America and the Atlantic world |
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Studies in eighteenth-century America and the Atlantic world.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Knowles Riot and the crisis of the 1740s in Massachusetts (with John Lax) -- Metropolitan Boston before the American Revolution : an urban interpretation of the imperial crisis (with Ralph J. Crandall) -- The social structure of revolutionary Boston : evidence from the Great Fire of 1760 -- Play as prelude to revolution : Boston, 1765-1776 -- "The fine theoretic government of Massachusetts is prostrated to the earth" : the response to Shays's Rebellion reconsidered -- Politics and ideology in eighteenth-century almanacs : Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard and Nathanael Ames, Sr.'s An astronomical diary -- The beginning of a beautiful friendship : Benjamin Franklin, George Whitefield, the dancing school, and a defense of the "meaner sort" -- John Adams and his contemporaries -- The extended presidency of George Washington (1775-1797) -- Peter Oliver (1713-1791), chief justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court -- From racket to natural law : the permutation of smuggling into free trade -- "The great war for the empire" reconsidered as a cause of the American Revolution -- The Civil War did not take place. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
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Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
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Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781611460834 |
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9781611460841 (electronic bk.) |
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