
Contested Commonwealths
Description
Alles über E-Books | Antworten auf Fragen rund um E-Books, Kopierschutz und Dateiformate finden Sie in unserem Info- & Hilfebereich.
Pencak's essays do not conform to standard interpretations of the revolutionary era that stress the importance of republican ideology or socio-economic conflict. Rather, he looks at colonial experiences of the French and Indian War as definitive in shaping dislike of Britain. He stresses that the popular thought expressed in songs and almanacs portray America as an open society, a land of plenty, threatened by British restrictions rather than a land where ancient Roman virtue or traditional British liberties flourished.
Moving to the early republic, Pencak looks at Shays's Rebellion from the point of view of those who suppressed it, and finds that they were genuinely concerned that Massachusetts's newly-formed republic was threatened by westerners. Westerners who presented themselves as an army and sought to restructure a constitution formed only six years before. George Washington was, in effect, the chief executive of the new nation from 1775 to 1797 and borrowed heavily from his wartime experiences to shape his presidency.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions

Persons
Content
Part 2 Introduction
Part 3 Part One: Communities
Chapter 4 Chapter 1: 1.The Knowles Riot and the Crisis of the 1740s in Massachusetts
Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Metropolitan Boston Before the American Revolution: An Urban Interpretation of the Imperial Crisis
Chapter 6 Chapter 3:The Social Structure of Revolutionary Boston: Evidence from the Great Fire of 1760
Chapter 7 Chapter 4: Play as Prelude to Revolution: Boston, 1765-1776
Chapter 8 Chapter 5:"The Fine Theoretic Government of Massachusetts is Prostrated to the Earth": The Response to Shays's Rebellion Reconsidered
Part 9 Part Two: People
Chapter 10 Chapter 6:Politics and Ideology in Eighteenth-Century Almanacs: Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard and Nathanael Ames, Sr.'s An Astronomical Diary
Chapter 11 Chapter 7: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship: Benjamin Franklin, George Whitefield, the Dancing School, and a Defense of the "Meaner Sort"
Chapter 12 Chapter 8: John Adams and His Contemporaries
Chapter 13 Chapter 9:The Extended Presidency of George Washington (1775-1797)
Chapter 14 Chapter 10: Peter Oliver (1713-1791), Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court
Part 15 Part Three: Ideas
Chapter 16 Chapter 11: From Racket to Natural Law: The Permutation of Smuggling Into Free Trade
Chapter 17 Chapter 12: "The Great War for the Empire" Reconsidered as a Cause of the American Revolution
Chapter 18 Chapter 13: The Civil War Did Not Take Place
Part 19 Index
System requirements
File format: ePUB
Copy protection: Adobe-DRM (Digital Rights Management)
System requirements:
- Computer (Windows; MacOS X; Linux): Install the free reader Adobe Digital Editions prior to download (see eBook Help).
- Tablet/smartphone (Android; iOS): Install the free app Adobe Digital Editions or the app PocketBook before downloading (see eBook Help).
- E-reader: Bookeen, Kobo, Pocketbook, Sony, Tolino and many more (not Kindle).
The file format ePub works well for novels and non-fiction books – i.e., „flowing” text without complex layout. On an e-reader or smartphone, line and page breaks automatically adjust to fit the small displays.
This eBook uses Adobe-DRM, a „hard” copy protection. If the necessary requirements are not met, unfortunately you will not be able to open the eBook. You will therefore need to prepare your reading hardware before downloading.
Please note: We strongly recommend that you authorise using your personal Adobe ID after installation of any reading software.
For more information, see our ebook Help page.