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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524690703321

Autore

Carr Jacqueline Barbara <1954->

Titolo

After the Siege : A Social History of Boston, 1775-1800 / / Jacqueline Barbara Carr ; [new foreword by Jonathan M. Chu]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Northeastern University Press

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource xix, 318 pages) : : illustrations, maps

Soggetti

Social conditions

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

History

Electronic books.

United States

Massachusetts Boston

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Influence

Boston (Mass.) History Siege, 1775-1776

Boston (Mass.) Social conditions 18th century

Boston (Mass.) History 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.

The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No derivatives 4.0 International License

Reprint of 2005 edition with new foreword.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The siege of Boston -- The character of the town -- The well-ordered town -- Bostonians at work -- The politics of leisure.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on extensive primary sources, including ward tax assessors' Taking Books, church records, census records, birth and marriage records, newspaper accounts, and town directories, Jacqueline Barbara Carr brings to life Boston's remarkable rebirth as a flourishing cosmopolitan city at the dawn of the nineteenth century. She examines this watershed period in the city's social and cultural history from the



perspective of the town's ordinary men and women, both white and African American, recreating the determined community of laborers, artisans, tradesmen, mechanics, and seamen who demonstrated an incredible perseverance in reshaping their shattered town and lives. Originally published by Northeastern University Press in 2005. With a new foreword by Jonathan M. Chu.