Town Born - The Political Economy of New England From Its Founding to Revolution

Informationen zum Autor Barry Levy Klappentext 72040247 Zusammenfassung Ranging from the birth of town meetings in England to the whipping posts of early Boston to the creation of the Scituate shipbuilding common! Town Born reveals how New England town political economies created the foundation for a relatively egalitarian American society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART I. FOUNDATIONS 1. Political Economy 2. Stripes 3. Settlement PART II. DEVELOPMENT 4. Political Fabric 5. Of Wharves and Men 6. Rural Shipbuilding 7. Crews PART III. TOWN PEOPLE 8. Orphans 9. Prodigals or Milquetoasts? Epilogue Notes Selected Primary Sources Index Acknowledgements

Product details

• Authors: Barry Levy, LEVY BARRY
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2013
• EAN: 9780812222470
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2247-0
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Early American Studies; Early American Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries