About the book
In the first decades of the American republic, Mary White, a shopkeeper’s wife from rural Boylston, Massachusetts, kept a diary. Woven into its record of everyday events is a remarkable tale of conflict and transformation in small-town life. Sustained by its Puritan heritage, gentry leadership, and sense of common good, Boylston had survived the upheaval of revolution and the creation of the new nation. Then, in a single generation of wrenching change,the town and tis people descended into contentious struggle. Examining the tumultuous Jacksonian era at the intimate level of family and community, Mary Babson Fuhrer brings to life the troublesome creation of a new social, political, and economic order centered on individual striving and voluntary associations in an expansive nation.
Blending family records and a rich trove of community archives, Fuhrer examines the “age of revolutions” through the lens of a rural community that was swept into the networks of an expanding and urbanizing New England region. This finely detailed history lends new depth to our understanding of a key transformative moment in American history.
Editions of A Crisis of Community
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781469612867
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781469629926
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469612874
- EBook
- ISBN 9798890843517
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469615509
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890843500
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In the first decades of the American republic, Mary White, a shopkeeper’s wife from rural Boylston, Massachusetts, kept a diary. Woven into its record of everyday events is a remarkable tale of conflict and transformation in small-town life. Sustained by its Puritan heritage, gentry leadership, and sense of common good, Boylston had survived the upheaval of revolution and the creation of the new nation. Then, in a single generation of wrenching change,the town and tis people descended into contentious struggle. Examining the tumultuous Jacksonian era at the intimate level of family and community, Mary Babson Fuhrer brings to life the troublesome creation of a new social, political, and economic order centered on individual striving and voluntary associations in an expansive nation.
Blending family records and a rich trove of community archives, Fuhrer examines the “age of revolutions” through the lens of a rural community that was swept into the networks of an expanding and urbanizing New England region. This finely detailed history lends new depth to our understanding of a key transformative moment in American history.
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What is A Crisis of Community about?
In the first decades of the American republic, Mary White, a shopkeeper’s wife from rural Boylston, Massachusetts, kept a diary. Woven into its record of everyday events is a remarkable tale of conflict and transformation in small-town life. Sustained by its Puritan heritage, gentry leadership, and sense of common good, Boylston had survived the upheaval of revolution and the creation of the new nation. Then, in a single generation of wrenching change,the town and tis people descended into contentious struggle. Examining the tumultuous Jacksonian era at the intimate level of family and community, Mary Babson Fuhrer brings to life the troublesome creation of a new social, political, and economic order centered on individual striving and voluntary associations in an expansive nation.
Blending family records and a rich trove of community archives, Fuhrer examines the “age of revolutions” through the lens of a rural community that was swept into the networks of an expanding and urbanizing New England region. This finely detailed history lends new depth to our understanding of a key transformative moment in American history.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in A Crisis of Community?
Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure > Local and family history, nostalgia > Local history
Where can I read a sample of A Crisis of Community?
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How long is A Crisis of Community and how many pages does it have?
A Crisis of Community has 368 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book A Crisis of Community?
Mary Babson Fuhrer
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
A Crisis of Community is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781469612867) and paperback(ISBN 9781469629926) and ebook(ISBN 9781469612874) and ebook(ISBN 9798890843517) and ebook(ISBN 9781469615509) and pdf(ISBN 9798890843500)
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