{"product_id":"the-city-state-of-boston-mark-peterson-9780691209173","title":"The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630-1865","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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, \u003ci\u003eThe City-State of Boston\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eThe City-State of Boston\u003c\/i\u003e peels away layers of myth to offer a startlingly fresh understanding of this iconic urban center.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Peterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691209170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691209173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.90d","brand":"Mark Peterson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048876241151,"sku":"9780691209173","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c8a7840-146d-4ffd-8275-26f984f73373.jpg?v=1684998335","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-city-state-of-boston-mark-peterson-9780691209173","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}