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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454775003321

Autore

Powell Sumner Chilton <1924->

Titolo

Puritan village [[electronic resource] ] : the formation of a New England town / / by Sumner Chilton Powell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, [1970], c1963

ISBN

1-283-13719-4

9786613137197

0-8195-7268-3

0-585-37261-6

Edizione

[[1st ed.]]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Disciplina

974.44

Soggetti

Municipal government - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Sudbury (Mass.) Politics and government

Sudbury (Mass.) History 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; I. The Web of Open-field Life; II. Land Hunger, Borough Rights, and the Power to Tax; III. The Secrets of the Corporation of This Town of Sudbury; IV. "It Is Ordered by the Court"; V. Watertown on the Charles; VI. "It Is Ordered and Agreed by This Town"; VII. "All Liberties As Other Towns Have"; VIII. "We Shall Be Judged by Men of Our Own Choosing"; IX. "Interest in This Town of Marlborough"; X. The Origin and Stability of a New England Town; Notes; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An award-winning study of Puritans and the formation of their towns.