City-State of Boston - The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 16301865

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 clichés, 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.

About the author

Mark Peterson

Summary

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

Additional text

"Winner of the James P. Hanlan Book Prize, New England Historical Association"

Product details

• Authors: Mark Peterson
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780691209173
• ISBN: 978-0-691-20917-3
• No. of pages: 784
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Boston, Massachusetts, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions