The "Nation of Nantucket" : society and politics in an early American commercial center, 1660-1820 / Edward Byers.

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Byers, Edward.

Title & Author:

The "Nation of Nantucket" : society and politics in an early American commercial center, 1660-1820 / Edward Byers.

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xvi, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

New England studies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-357) and index.
Machine derived contents note: Illustrations ix -- Preface xi -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes xv -- Introduction 3 -- PART ONE From Proprietary to Community, 1660-90 -- i. Beginnings: The Island, the Natives, and the English 15 -- 2. The Settlement of the English 37 -- 3. Exploitation, Inequity, and Reform 56 -- PART TWO The Rise of a Whaling Port, 1690-1740 -- 4. The New Whaling Economy 77 -- 5. The Formalization of Religious Pluralism 102 -- 6. Political Redefinition and the Consolidation of -- an Elite 122 -- PART THREE Life in an American Utopia, 1740-75 -- 7. Whaling Prosperity 139 -- 8. The Culture of an American Utopia 171 -- 9. The Politics of Cultural Uniformity and -- Social Stability 189 -- PART FOUR The Shattering of Unity, 1775-1820 -- 10. Neutrality in the American Revolution 201 -- 11. Depression and the International Whale Fishery 229 -- 12. Uncertain Recovery and a New Social Order 247 -- 13. The Post-Revolutionary Polity 267 -- EPILOGUE Looking Ahead: Prosperity and Reform 295 -- APPENDIXES -- 1. Patterns of Quaker Leadership, Discipline, -- and Marriage 309 -- 2. Patterns of Political Leadership and Voting 313 -- 3. Demographic Patterns 326 -- Select Bibliography 339 -- Index 359.

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Table of contents

ISBN:

0930350928 (alk. paper)
9780930350925 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Politik
Geschichte (1660-1820)
Sozialgeschichte 1660-1820.
Nantucket (Mass.) Politics and government.
Nantucket (Mass.) Social conditions.
Nantucket (Mass.) Politique et gouvernement.
Nantucket (Mass.) Conditions sociales.
Massachusetts Nantucket.
Nantucket Island

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New England studies.

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Location: Library main 52585
Call No.: ID:90-B143
Status: Available

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