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Author Carr, Jacqueline Barbara, 1954- author.

Title After the siege : a social history of Boston, 1775-1800 / Jacqueline Barbara Carr ; [new foreword by Jonathan M. Chu]
Published Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (xix, 318 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents The siege of Boston -- The character of the town -- The well-ordered town -- Bostonians at work -- The politics of leisure
Summary Drawing on extensive primary sources, including ward tax assessors' Taking Books, church records, census records, birth and marriage records, newspaper accounts, and town directories, Jacqueline Barbara Carr brings to life Boston's remarkable rebirth as a flourishing cosmopolitan city at the dawn of the nineteenth century. She examines this watershed period in the city's social and cultural history from the perspective of the town's ordinary men and women, both white and African American, recreating the determined community of laborers, artisans, tradesmen, mechanics, and seamen who demonstrated an incredible perseverance in reshaping their shattered town and lives. Originally published by Northeastern University Press in 2005. With a new foreword by Jonathan M. Chu
Analysis History of the Americas
Notes Reprint of 2005 edition with new foreword
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed May 21, 2019)
Subject Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Social conditions
SUBJECT Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 18th century
Boston (Mass.) -- Social conditions -- 18th century
Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Siege, 1775-1776. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95001968
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140162
Subject Massachusetts -- Boston
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Chu, Jonathan M., writer of foreword.
ISBN 9781555538743
1555538746