TY - BOOK AU - Hinderaker,Eric TI - Boston’s Massacre SN - 9780674979116 AV - E215.4 .H563 2017 U1 - 973.3/113 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Boston Massacre, 1770 KW - HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674979116 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674979116 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674979116.jpg ER -