The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630-1865 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780691209173)

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 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 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
ISBN-10: 0691209170
ISBN-13: 9780691209173
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/06/2020
Pages: 784
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.45lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.90d