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DEFIANCE OF THE PATRIOTS
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA |
By: |
Benjamin L. Carp |
Format: |
Hardback |

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£25.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0300117051 |
ISBN 13: |
9780300117059 |
Publisher: |
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
3 September, 2010 |
Pages: |
336 |
Description: |
On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of disguised Bostonians boarded three merchant ships and dumped more than forty-six tons of tea into Boston Harbour. The Boston Tea Party, as it later came to be known, was an audacious and revolutionary act. This book tells the full story of the Tea Party. |
Synopsis: |
This thrilling book tells the full story of the an iconic episode in American history, the Boston Tea Party-exploding myths, exploring the unique city life of eighteenth-century Boston, and setting this audacious prelude to the American Revolution in a global context for the first time. Bringing vividly to life the diverse array of people and places that the Tea Party brought together-from Chinese tea-pickers to English businessmen, Native American tribes, sugar plantation slaves, and Boston's ladies of leisure-Benjamin L. Carp illuminates how a determined group of New Englanders shook the foundations of the British Empire, and what this has meant for Americans since. As he reveals many little-known historical facts and considers the Tea Party's uncertain legacy, he presents a compelling and expansive history of an iconic event in America's tempestuous past. |
Illustrations: |
33 b-w illus. |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
Yale University Press |
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