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Cradle of violence : how Boston's waterfront mobs ignited the American Revolution / Russell Bourne.

By: Bourne, Russell.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2006Description: xiii, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780471675518 (cloth); 0471675512 (cloth).Subject(s): Mobs -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 18th century | Riots -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 18th century | Violence -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 18th centuryDDC classification: 973.3 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online | Click here to access online
Contents:
The maritime origins of a mutinous town -- The seaport's first revolt -- The rising of the mobs -- The South End gang and the Stamp Act -- The sailors' Liberty Tree -- Tar, feathers, and terror -- A dockside riot and the massacre -- The Maritime Workers' tea party -- The fighting spirit of a besieged Boston -- Epilogue : "public liberty" : an enduring dream.
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The maritime origins of a mutinous town -- The seaport's first revolt -- The rising of the mobs -- The South End gang and the Stamp Act -- The sailors' Liberty Tree -- Tar, feathers, and terror -- A dockside riot and the massacre -- The Maritime Workers' tea party -- The fighting spirit of a besieged Boston -- Epilogue : "public liberty" : an enduring dream.

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