Town born : the political economy of New England from its founding to the Revolution
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Published
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009].
ISBN
9780812241778, 0812241770
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vi, 354 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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North Smithfield - Adult Non-Fiction
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Published
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780812241778, 0812241770
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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In Town Born, Barry Levy shows that New England's distinctive and far more egalitarian order was due neither to the colonists' peasant traditionalism nor to the region's inhospitable environment. Instead, New England's labor system and relative equality were every bit a consequence of its innovative system of governance, which placed nearly all land under the control of several hundred self-governing town meetings. As Levy shows, these town meetings were not simply sites of empty democratic rituals but were used to organize, force, and reconcile laborers, families, and entrepreneurs into profitable export economies. The town meetings protected the value of local labor by persistently excluding outsiders and privileging the town born.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Levy, B. (2009). Town born: the political economy of New England from its founding to the Revolution . University of Pennsylvania Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Levy, Barry. 2009. Town Born: The Political Economy of New England From Its Founding to the Revolution. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Levy, Barry. Town Born: The Political Economy of New England From Its Founding to the Revolution University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Levy, Barry. Town Born: The Political Economy of New England From Its Founding to the Revolution University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009.
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