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The City-State of Boston - by Mark Peterson (Paperback)

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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.
About the Author: Mark Peterson is the Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University.
780 Pages
History, United States

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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.

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

About the Author

Mark Peterson is the Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University. He is the author of The Price of Redemption: The Spiritual Economy of Puritan New England.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.2 Inches (H) x 6.1 Inches (W) x 1.9 Inches (D)

Weight: 2.45 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 780

Genre: History

Sub-Genre: United States

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Theme: State & Local, New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)

Format: Paperback

Author: Mark Peterson

Language: English

Street Date: October 6, 2020

TCIN: 83033271

UPC: 9780691209173

Item Number (DPCI): 247-29-2849

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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