Author: Hermann Frederick ClarkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
John Hull, a Builder of the Bay Colony
Author: Hermann Frederick ClarkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Builders of the Bay Colony
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Contient biographies de Richard Hakluyt, John Smith, Thomas Morton, John White, John Winthrop, Thomas Shepard, John Hull, Henry Dunster, Nathaniel Ward, Robert Child, John Winthrop, Jr., John Eliot et Anne Bradstreet.
The Diaries of John Hull, Mint-master and Treasurer of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay
Author: John HullThe Diaries of John Hull
Author: John HullHeavenly Merchandize
Author: Mark ValeriPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691162174
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Focusing on the economic culture of colonial New England, Heavenly Merchandize views commerce through the eyes of four generations of Boston merchants, drawing upon their personal letters, diaries, business records, and sermon notes to reveal how merchants built a modern form of exchange out of profound transitions in the puritan understanding of discipline, providence, and the meaning of New England. --From publisher's description.
A Storm of Witchcraft
Author: Emerson W. BakerPublisher: Pivotal Moments in American Hi
ISBN: 019989034X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Presents an historical analysis of the Salem witch trials, examining the factors that may have led to the mass hysteria, including a possible occurrence of ergot poisoning, a frontier war in Maine, and local political rivalries.
The City-State of Boston
Author: Mark PetersonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691209170
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
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 iconic urban center from these misleading, tired clich s, 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 slavery and ratification of the Constitution - it would tragically lose integrity and autonomy as it became incorporated into the greater United States. Drawing from vast archives, and featuring unfamiliar alongside well-known figures, such as John Winthrop, Cotton Mather, and John Adams, Peterson explores Boston's origins in sixteenth-century utopian ideals, its founding and expansion into the hinterland of New England, and the growth of its distinctive political economy, with ties to the West Indies and southern Europe. By the 1700s, Boston was at full strength, with wide Atlantic trading circuits and cultural ties, both within and beyond Britain's empire. After the cataclysmic Revolutionary War, "Bostoners" aimed to negotiate a relationship with the American confederation, but through the next century, the new United States unraveled Boston's regional reign. The fateful decision to ratify the Constitution undercut its power, as Southern planters and slave owners dominated national politics and corroded the city-state's vision of a common good for all. Peeling away the layers of myth surrounding a revered city, The City-State of Boston offers a startlingly fresh understanding of America's history.
The Cultural Life of the American Colonies
Author: Louis B. WrightPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486136604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Sweeping survey of 150 years of colonial history (1607–1763) offers authoritative views on agrarian society and leadership, non-English influences, religion, education, literature, music, architecture, and much more. 33 black-and-white illustrations.
Massachusettensis de Conditoribus; Or, The Builders of the Bay Colony
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Builders of the Bay Colony
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description