{"product_id":"the-heart-of-the-commonwealth-society-and-political-culture-in-worcester-county-massachusetts-1713-1861-paperback-9780521673396","title":"The Heart of the Commonwealth; Society and Political Culture in Worcester County, Massachusetts 1713–1861 (Paperback) 9780521673396","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Heart of the Commonwealth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSociety and Political Culture in Worcester County, Massachusetts 1713–1861\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePresents a synthetic view of the social grounding of republicanism and liberalism in Worchester Country, Massachusetts, from its settlement to the eve of the Civil War.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn L. Brooke (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521673396, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 7 July 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e472 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.4 cm, 0.663 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOne of the central controversies in our understanding of early America involves the place of republican and liberal thinking in polity and society. The Heart of the Commonwealth presents a synthetic view of the social grounding of republicanism and liberalism in Worcester Country, Massachusetts, from its settlement after the Peace of Utrecht to the eve of the Civil War, as this country's people passed through the formative fires of both national and industrial revolution. Drawing upon a wide range of sources and methods, the book examines the unfolding relationships among ideological discourse, political action, and the institutions and structures of everyday life. Most broadly, the book argues that a broad transition from a republican - or Harringtonian - consensus to a liberal - or Lockean - consensus was conditioned by countervailing episodes of insurgency, running from the Land Bank and the Great Awakening in the 1740s to the rise of political antislavery a century later.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations and tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations used in the footnotes\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e Part I. A Provincial World, 1713–1763: 1. Institutions: towns, countries and class\u003cbr\u003e 2. Economy: class, property, credit, and the Land Bank\u003cbr\u003e 3. Awakening: orthodoxy, dissent, and a new social architecture\u003cbr\u003e 4. Politics: from popular insurgency to Shirley's consensus\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Revolution, 1763–1789: 5. The popular gentry and the revolutionary crisis\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Baptists and the constitution\u003cbr\u003e 7. Conventions, regulation, and antifederalism\u003cbr\u003e Part III. In the New Nation, 1789–1861: 8. Party spirit\u003cbr\u003e 9. Economic transformation\u003cbr\u003e 10. Insurgencies\u003cbr\u003e 11. Antislavery\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913305973016,"sku":"9780521673396","price":33.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521673396i_c55cc424-a3dc-4db4-bdb2-485b9452f973.jpg?v=1691379775","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-heart-of-the-commonwealth-society-and-political-culture-in-worcester-county-massachusetts-1713-1861-paperback-9780521673396","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}