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Smugglers and Patriots: Boston Merchants and the Advent of the American Revolution
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2019
Published by:
Northeastern University Press
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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No single element of Boston's revolutionary history is of greater consequence than the reactions of the town's merchants to changing British mercantile policies. Under John Tyler's fine lens the special business interests of powerful individuals within this group are more clearly delineated and, as a consequence, their political behavior is better understood. Through ingenious research into business ledgers and insurance records John Tyler has been able to identify specific members of this elusive group for the first time and observe their political conduct for a decade and a half prior to the American Revolution. Originally published by Northeastern University Press in 1986. With a new foreword by William M. Fowler, Jr.
Table of Contents


pp. 25-64
pp. 65-108
pp. 109-138

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View 3. Boston Merchants and the Internal Politics of the Nonimportation Agreement, October 1767–December 1769
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pp. 139-170
pp. 171-210

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View 5. Smuggled Tea, British Monopoly, and the Liberation of Self-Interest: Boston Merchant Politics from the Credit Crisis of 1772 through the Boston Tea Party
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pp. 211-240

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View 6. The Clouds of War: Boston Merchant Politics from the Passage of the Boston Port Act through the Siege of Boston
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pp. 337-349
ISBN | 9781555538866 |
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MARC Record | Download |
OCLC | 1102420609 |
Pages | 367 |
Launched on MUSE | 2019-11-15 |
Language | English |
Open Access | Yes |
Creative Commons | CC-BY-NC-ND |