The Urban Crucible: The Northern Seaports and the Origins of the American Revolution, Abridged Edition

About this book

The Urban Crucible boldly reinterprets colonial life and the origins of the American Revolution. Through a century-long history of three seaport towns--Boston, New York, and Philadelphia--Gary Nash discovers subtle changes in social and political awareness and describes the coming of the revolution through popular collective action and challenges to rule by custom, law and divine will. A reordering of political power required a new consciousness to challenge the model of social relations inherited from the past and defended by higher classes. While retaining all the main points of analysis and interpretation, the author has reduced the full complement of statistics, sources, and technical data contained in the original edition to serve the needs of general readers and undergraduates.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780674930599

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published

March 15, 1986

Pages

281

Weight

15.2 oz

Subject

History