
The Fragmentation of New England
Comparative Perspectives on Economic, Political, and Social Divisions in the Eighteenth Century
Bruce C. Daniels(Author)
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 14. November 1988
Book
Hardback
250 pages
978-0-313-26358-3 (ISBN)
Description
A readable and wide-ranging contribution to the social history of New England, this volume treats subjects as diverse as economic growth, wealth distribution, poor relief, local government, office-holding, leadership, urban development, and historiography. Each essay takes a comparative approach to its subject, identifying general patterns within New England society as well as significant regional, typological, and idiosyncratic variations and changes that occurred over the course of the eighteenth century. Collectively, the work creates a picture of an increasingly heterogeneous society fragmenting into competing economic, political, and social groups.
Although largely quantitative in approach, the book is written to be accessible both to undergraduates just beginning their study of social history and experienced researchers who seek a deeper understanding of particular aspects of New England's history. As such, it will be an ideal supplemental text for courses on American history, colonial history, and social, community, or New England history.
Although largely quantitative in approach, the book is written to be accessible both to undergraduates just beginning their study of social history and experienced researchers who seek a deeper understanding of particular aspects of New England's history. As such, it will be an ideal supplemental text for courses on American history, colonial history, and social, community, or New England history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
549 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-26358-3 (9780313263583)
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Person
BRUCE C. DANIELS is Professor of History at the University of Winnipeg. His previous books include Dissent and Conformity on Narragansett Bay: The Colonial Rhode Island Town, Connecticut's First Family: William Pitkin and His Connections, and The Connecticut Town: Growth and Development, 1635-1790.
Content
Economic Divisions Political Divisions Social Divisions Historiographical Divisions Afterword: The Fragmentation of New England Bibliographical Note: An Agenda for Social Historians of New England