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The Urban Crucible : Social Change, Political Consciousness, and the Origins of the American Revolution / Gary B. Nash.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nash, Gary B., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amerikaanse Vrijheidsoorlog.
- Economic history.
- Koloniale periode.
- Political science.
- Social history.
- Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie.
- Steden.
- Vorgeschichte.
- United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.
- United States--Social conditions--To 1865.
- Local Subjects:
- United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.
- United States--Social conditions--To 1865.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (567 p.)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book boldly reinterprets colonial life and the origins of the American Revolution. While retaining all the main points of analysis and interpretation, the author has reduced the full complement of statistics, sources, and technical data contained in the original edition to serve the needs of general readers and undergraduates.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- PART ONE. GROWTH AND WAR 1690-1740
- 1. The Web of Seaport Life
- 2. The Urban Polity
- 3. The Seaport Economies in an Era of War
- 4. The Rise of Popular Politics
- 5. The Urban Economies in an Era of Peace
- 6. Political Unrest in the Interwar Period
- PART TWO. CONFLICT AND REVOLUTION 1740-1776
- 7. The Renewal of War and the Decline of Boston
- 8. Religious Revival and Politics at Mid-Century
- 9. Prosperity and Poverty: The Seven Years War and Its Aftermath
- 10. The Intensification of Factional Politics
- 11. The Stamp Act in the Port Towns
- 12. The Disordered Urban Economies
- 13. Revolution
- APPENDIX Tables Figures NOTES INDEX
- Appendix
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-18289-8
- OCLC:
- 1013962826
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