Main entry:

Nash, Gary B.

Title & Author:

The urban crucible : social change, political consciousness, and the origins of the American Revolution / Gary B. Nash.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1979.

Description:

xix, 548 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Growth and War, 1690-1740. The web of seaport life ; The urban polity ; The seaport economies in an era of war ; The rise of popular politics ; The urban economies in an era of peace ; Political unrest in the interwar period -- Part 2: Conflict and revolution, 1740-1776. The renewal of war and the decline of Boston ; Religious revival and politics at mid-century ; Prosperity and poverty: The seven years war and its aftermath ; The intensification of factional politics ; The Stamp Act in the port towns ; The disordered urban economies ; Revolution.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0674930568
9780674930568

Subject:

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Philadelphia PA
War Causes.
Economic history.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Amerikanische Revolution
Vorgeschichte
Steden.
Koloniale periode.
Amerikaanse Vrijheidsoorlog.
United States Politics and government To 1775.
United States Social conditions To 1865.
United States Economic conditions To 1865.
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Causes.
Boston (Mass.) History Revolution, 1775-1783 Causes.
New York (N.Y.) History Revolution, 1775-1783 Causes.
Philadelphia (Pa.) History Revolution, 1775-1783 Causes.
New York (N.Y.) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Boston (Mass.) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
États-Unis Politique et gouvernement Jusqu'à 1775.
États-Unis Conditions sociales Jusqu'à 1865.
États-Unis Conditions économiques Jusqu'à 1865.
États-Unis Histoire 1775-1783 (Révolution) Causes.
New York (N.Y.) Histoire ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Philadelphie (Pennsylvanie) Histoire ca. 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Boston (Mass.) Histoire ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Boston (Mass.) Histoire 1775-1783 (Révolution) Causes.
New York (N.Y.) Histoire 1775-1783 (Révolution) Causes.
Philadelphie (Penns.) Histoire 1775-1783 (Révolution) Causes.
Massachusetts Boston.
New York (State) New York.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
United States.
Boston, Mass.
USA
Philadelphia, Pa.
United States Politics and government Colonial Period, 1600-1775.
New York (N.Y.)
USA Revolution.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 94754
Call No.: ID GDER; ID:85-B14180
Status: Available