03087oam 22005534a 450 991052469070332120230621135733.0(CKB)4100000010460820(OCoLC)1102419734(MdBmJHUP)muse78640(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/89183(EXLCZ)99410000001046082020190524e20192005 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAfter the SiegeA Social History of Boston, 1775-1800 /Jacqueline Barbara Carr ; [new foreword by Jonathan M. Chu]Northeastern University Press1 online resource (1 online resource xix, 318 pages) : illustrations, mapsOpen 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 LicenseReprint of 2005 edition with new foreword.1-55553-874-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index.The siege of Boston -- The character of the town -- The well-ordered town -- Bostonians at work -- The politics of leisure.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.Social conditionsfast(OCoLC)fst01919811Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)fast(OCoLC)fst00972484United StatesfastMassachusettsBostonfastUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783InfluenceBoston (Mass.)HistorySiege, 1775-1776Boston (Mass.)Social conditions18th centuryBoston (Mass.)History18th centuryHistory.Electronic books. History of the AmericasSocial conditions.Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)Carr Jacqueline Barbara1954-1203258Chu Jonathan M.MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524690703321After the Siege2777452UNINA