{"product_id":"9780691209173","title":"The City-State of Boston : The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630-1865 by Mark Peterson","description":"A groundbreaking history of early America that shows how Boston built and sustained an independent city-state in New England before being folded into the United StatesIn the vaunted annals of America's founding, Boston has long been held up as an exemplary \"city upon a hill\" and the \"cradle of liberty\" for an independent United States. Wresting this revered metropolis from these misleading, tired clich?s, The City-State of Boston highlights Boston's overlooked past as an autonomous city-state, and in doing so, offers a pathbreaking and brilliant new history of early America. Following Boston's development over three centuries, Mark Peterson discusses how this self-governing Atlantic trading center began as a refuge from Britain's Stuart monarchs and how-through its bargain with the slave trade and ratification of the Constitution-it would tragically lose integrity and autonomy as it became incorporated into the greater United States. The City-State of Boston peels away layers of myth to offer a startlingly fresh understanding of this iconic urban center.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56293282840949,"sku":"9780691209173","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780691209173.jpg?v=1762755492","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780691209173","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}