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

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1979.

xix, 548 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

973.311 N298 1979

(OCoLC)04933823

Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-529) and index.
Contents: Part 1. 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 2. 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 disorcered urban economies -- 13. Revolution.
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