| The Fathers of the Towns: Leadership and Community Structure in Eighteenth-Century New England Contributor(s): Cook, Edward M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801821495 ISBN-13: 9780801821493 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1976 Annotation: Seeking to integrate recent literature on community life and on the political ethos in colonial New England, Edward M. Cook, Jr., examines elite recruitment and community structure in the four New England colonies between 1700 and 1785. In a massive sample of seventy widely dispersed towns, lists of towns, lists of town and provincial officeholders, biographical data, church records, town meeting records, and tax lists provide a core of material for analysis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 301.155 |
| LCCN: 75036937 |
| Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.66" W x 8.48" (0.96 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - New England |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Seeking to integrate recent literature on community life and on the political ethos in colonial New England, Edward M. Cook, Jr., examines elite recruitment and community structure in the four New England colonies between 1700 and 1785. In a massive sample of seventy widely dispersed towns, lists of towns, lists of town and provincial officeholders, biographical data, church records, town meeting records, and tax lists provide a core of material for analysis. |