The Resource A crisis of community : the trials and transformation of a New England town, 1815-1848, Mary Babson Fuhrer
A crisis of community : the trials and transformation of a New England town, 1815-1848, Mary Babson Fuhrer
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- Summary
- "Mary White, a shopkeeper's wife from rural Boylston, Massachusetts, kept a diary, and woven into its quotidian details of small-town farm life is a remarkable tale of conflict and transformation. Sustained by its Puritan heritage, gentry leadership, and creed of common good, Boylston had survived the upheaval of revolution and the creation of new republic. Then, quite dramatically, in the course of a single generation of wrenching change - from the 1820s-1840s--families, neighbors, church, and town descended into contentious disorder. Making use of Mary White's diary entries, as well as town minutes, letters, and the "friendship books" of school children, Mary Babson Fuhrer brings to life the unraveling of Boylston's community and the troublesome creation of a new social order, one centered on individual striving and voluntary associations in an expansive nation. Examining the "age of revolutions" through the lens of one rural community that was swept up into the dynamics of an urbanizing east coast, this engaging microhistory lends new depth to our understanding of a key transformative moment in American history."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 354 pages
- Contents
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- The wilderness world
- A church disassembled
- Economic choice and consequences
- Fields and dreams
- Useful knowledge
- Re-forming community
- Political principles, partisan passions
- The bonds of anti-slavery
- Reaping
- Isbn
- 9781469629926
- Label
- A crisis of community : the trials and transformation of a New England town, 1815-1848
- Title
- A crisis of community
- Title remainder
- the trials and transformation of a New England town, 1815-1848
- Statement of responsibility
- Mary Babson Fuhrer
- Subject
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- Boylston (Mass.) -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle -- Récits personnels
- Boylston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century
- Boylston (Mass.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Changement social -- États-Unis | Massachussetts (Etats-Unis) | Boylston (Mass.) -- 19e siècle
- Communautés rurales -- États-Unis | Massachussetts (Etats-Unis) | Boylston (Mass.) -- 19e siècle -- Récits personnels
- Community life
- Community life -- Massachusetts | Boylston
- HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
- 1800-1899
- Massachusetts -- Boylston
- Social change
- Social change -- Massachusetts | Boylston
- Social conditions
- White family
- White family
- White, Mary Avery, 1778-1860
- White, Mary Avery, 1778-1860
- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Mary White, a shopkeeper's wife from rural Boylston, Massachusetts, kept a diary, and woven into its quotidian details of small-town farm life is a remarkable tale of conflict and transformation. Sustained by its Puritan heritage, gentry leadership, and creed of common good, Boylston had survived the upheaval of revolution and the creation of new republic. Then, quite dramatically, in the course of a single generation of wrenching change - from the 1820s-1840s--families, neighbors, church, and town descended into contentious disorder. Making use of Mary White's diary entries, as well as town minutes, letters, and the "friendship books" of school children, Mary Babson Fuhrer brings to life the unraveling of Boylston's community and the troublesome creation of a new social order, one centered on individual striving and voluntary associations in an expansive nation. Examining the "age of revolutions" through the lens of one rural community that was swept up into the dynamics of an urbanizing east coast, this engaging microhistory lends new depth to our understanding of a key transformative moment in American history."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fuhrer, Mary Babson
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- White, Mary Avery
- White family
- White family
- White, Mary Avery
- Boylston (Mass.)
- Boylston (Mass.)
- Community life
- Social change
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- Changement social
- Communautés rurales
- Boylston (Mass.)
- Community life
- Social change
- Social conditions
- Massachusetts
- Boylston (Mass.)
- Boylston (Mass.)
- Label
- A crisis of community : the trials and transformation of a New England town, 1815-1848, Mary Babson Fuhrer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-343) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The wilderness world -- A church disassembled -- Economic choice and consequences -- Fields and dreams -- Useful knowledge -- Re-forming community -- Political principles, partisan passions -- The bonds of anti-slavery -- Reaping
- Control code
- 860944052
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 354 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469629926
- Lccn
- 2013032613
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- Master record variable field(s) change: 651
- Other control number
- 40023422669
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)860944052
- Label
- A crisis of community : the trials and transformation of a New England town, 1815-1848, Mary Babson Fuhrer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-343) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The wilderness world -- A church disassembled -- Economic choice and consequences -- Fields and dreams -- Useful knowledge -- Re-forming community -- Political principles, partisan passions -- The bonds of anti-slavery -- Reaping
- Control code
- 860944052
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 354 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469629926
- Lccn
- 2013032613
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Master record variable field(s) change: 651
- Other control number
- 40023422669
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)860944052
Subject
- Boylston (Mass.) -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle -- Récits personnels
- Boylston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century
- Boylston (Mass.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Changement social -- États-Unis | Massachussetts (Etats-Unis) | Boylston (Mass.) -- 19e siècle
- Communautés rurales -- États-Unis | Massachussetts (Etats-Unis) | Boylston (Mass.) -- 19e siècle -- Récits personnels
- Community life
- Community life -- Massachusetts | Boylston
- HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
- 1800-1899
- Massachusetts -- Boylston
- Social change
- Social change -- Massachusetts | Boylston
- Social conditions
- White family
- White family
- White, Mary Avery, 1778-1860
- White, Mary Avery, 1778-1860
- History
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