Rebels rising
Subtitle: cities and the American Revolution
By: Benjamin L. Carp.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780195304022
Subjects: Cities and towns -- United States -- History -- 18th century; City and town life -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Political participation -- United States -- History -- 18th century; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects; United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865; United States -- History, Local; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : political mobilization in the urban landscape; title: Port in a storm : the Boston waterfront as contested space, 1747-74; title: Orderly and disorderly mobilization in the taverns of New York City; title: "And yet there is room" : the religious landscape of Newport; title: Changing our habitation : the revolutionary movement in Charleston's domestic spaces; title: Philadelphia politics, in and out of doors, 1742-1776 300; title: Epilogue : the forgotten city.