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The Boston Massacre : a family history
- Title
- The Boston Massacre : a family history / Serena Zabin.
- Author
- Zabin, Serena R.
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 296 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- "A dramatic untold 'people's history' of the storied event that helped trigger the American Revolution"--
- "The story of the Boston Massacre--when on a late winter evening in 1770, British soldiers shot five local men to death--is familiar to generations. But the history of the event has always obscured a fascinating truth: the Massacre arose from conflicts that were as personal as they were political. Historian Serena Zabin weaves colorful stories from original sources, following British troops as they are dispatched from Ireland to Boston in 1768 to subdue the increasingly rebellious colonists. She reveals a forgotten world hidden in plain sight: the many regimental wives and children who accompanied the troops. We see these families jostling with Bostonians for living space, finding common cause in the search for a lost child, trading barbs, and and sharing baptisms--becoming, in other words, neighbors. When soldiers shot unarmed citizens in the street, it was such intensely human, now broken bonds that fueled what quickly became a bitterly fought American Revolution." --
- Subjects
- Families of military personnel
- United States
- Army spouses
- Great Britain
- Military dependents
- Families of military personnel > North America > History > 18th century
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > British forces
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Social aspects
- Army spouses > North America > History > 18th century
- Great Britain > Army > Regiment of Foot, 29th > History
- History
- Massachusetts > Boston
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Women
- 1700-1799
- War > Causes
- American Revolution > (United States : > 1775-1783)
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Causes
- Boston Massacre > (1770)
- North America
- Social aspects
- Boston Massacre, 1770
- Boston (Mass.) > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
- Women
- Military dependents > Great Britain > History
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-284) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: March, 1770 -- Families of Empire -- Inseparable Interests, 1766-1767 -- Seasons of Discontent, 1766-1767 -- Under One Roof -- Love Your Neighbor, 1768-1770 -- Absent Without Leave 1768-1770 -- A Deadly Riot -- Gathering Up, 1770-1772 -- Epilogue: Civil War, 1772-1775.
- Prologue -- Families of empire, 1765 -- Inseparable interests, 1766-67 -- Seasons of discontent, 1766-68 -- Under one roof, 1768 -- Love your neighbor, 1769-70 -- Absent without leave, 1768-70 -- A deadly riot: March 1770 -- Gathering up: March 6, 1770-August 1772 -- From shooting to massacre, October-December 1770 -- Epilogue: Civil war. -- Contents, page [vii].
- Call Number
- JFE 20-5082
- ISBN
- 9780544911154
- 0544911156
- LCCN
- 2019026089
- 40029794697
- OCLC
- 1104300975
- Author
- Zabin, Serena R., author.
- Title
- The Boston Massacre : a family history / Serena Zabin.
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-284) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1700-1799
- Other Form:
- Online version: Zabin, Serena, The Boston Massacre Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. 9780544911192 (DLC) 2019026090
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40029794697
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-5082