by
Barry Levy
Book Details
Format: EPUB
Page count: 360 pages
File size: 1.5 MB
Protection: DRM
Language: English
In a closely observed and well-researched narrative that ranges from the birth of town meetings in England to the whipping posts of early Boston to the creation of the Scituate shipbuilding common, Town Born reveals how New England town political economies created the foundation for a relatively egalitarian American society.