The City-State of Boston - The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630-1865 (Paperback)

A groundbreaking history of early America that shows how Boston built and sustained an independent city-state in New England before being folded into the United States In the vaunted annals of America's founding, Boston has long been held up as an exemplary "city upon a hill" and the "cradle of liberty" for an independent United States. Wresting this revered metropolis from these misleading, tired cliches, The City-State of Boston highlights Boston's overlooked past as an autonomous city-state, and in doing so, offers a pathbreaking and brilliant new history of early America. Following Boston's development over three centuries, Mark Peterson discusses how this self-governing Atlantic trading center began as a refuge from Britain's Stuart monarchs and how-through its bargain with the slave trade and ratification of the Constitution-it would tragically lose integrity and autonomy as it became incorporated into the greater United States. The City-State of Boston peels away layers of myth to offer a startlingly fresh understanding of this iconic urban center.

General

Imprint:	Princeton University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2020
First published:	2019
Authors:	Mark Peterson
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 45mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	784
ISBN-13:	978-0-691-20917-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-691-20917-0
Barcode:	9780691209173

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