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Defiance of the patriots : the Boston Tea Party & the making of America

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An evocative and enthralling account of a defining event in American history 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.

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Yale University Press
0300178123 / 9780300178128
Paperback / softback
14/10/2011
United States
English
xv, 311 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
21 cm
Reprint. Originally published: 2010.