Description: City-State of Boston : The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power 1, Paperback by Peterson, Mark, ISBN 0691209170, ISBN-13 9780691209173, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
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 clichs, 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.
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Book Title: City-State of Boston : the Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630-1865
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 1.6in
Item Width: 6.3in
Author: Mark Peterson
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Revolutionary, United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Social History, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, ME, NH, Ri, VT), United States / General
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2020
Genre: History
Item Weight: 40.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 784 Pages
