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Boston’s Massacre / Eric Hinderaker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (384 p.) : 24 halftones, 5 mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674979116
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.3/113 23
LOC classification:
  • E215.4 .H563 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. A War of Words -- 2. Town and Crown -- 3. Smugglers and Mobs -- 4. Imperial Spaces -- 5. Settling In -- 6. Provocations -- 7. Uncertain Outcomes -- 8. Four Trials -- 9. Contested Meanings -- 10. A Usable Past -- Appendix. Eyewitness Accounts -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- Index
Summary: The event known as the Boston Massacre is among the most familiar in U.S. history, yet one of the least understood. Eric Hinderaker revisits this dramatic episode, examining the facts of that fateful night, the competing narratives that molded public perceptions, and the long campaign to transform the tragedy into a touchstone of American identity.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674979116

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. A War of Words -- 2. Town and Crown -- 3. Smugglers and Mobs -- 4. Imperial Spaces -- 5. Settling In -- 6. Provocations -- 7. Uncertain Outcomes -- 8. Four Trials -- 9. Contested Meanings -- 10. A Usable Past -- Appendix. Eyewitness Accounts -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- Index

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The event known as the Boston Massacre is among the most familiar in U.S. history, yet one of the least understood. Eric Hinderaker revisits this dramatic episode, examining the facts of that fateful night, the competing narratives that molded public perceptions, and the long campaign to transform the tragedy into a touchstone of American identity.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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