The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630-1865 by Peterson, Mark

The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630-1865

A groundbreaking history of early America that shows how Boston built and sustained an independent city-state in...
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The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630-1865 by Peterson, Mark

The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630-1865

$27.95

The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630-1865

$27.95
Author: Mark Peterson
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.

Author: Mark Peterson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 10/06/2020
Pages: 784
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.45lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.90d
ISBN: 9780691209173

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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