Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America

Carp, Benjamin L.

ISBN 10: 0300117051 / ISBN 13: 9780300117059

Published by Yale University Press, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300117051
• ISBN 13: 9780300117059
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

An evocative and enthralling account of a defining event in American history

This thrilling book tells the full story of the an iconic episode in American history, the Boston Tea Party—exploding myths, exploring the unique city life of eighteenth-century Boston, and setting this audacious prelude to the American Revolution in a global context for the first time. Bringing vividly to life the diverse array of people and places that the Tea Party brought together—from Chinese tea-pickers to English businessmen, Native American tribes, sugar plantation slaves, and Boston’s ladies of leisure—Benjamin L. Carp illuminates how a determined group of New Englanders shook the foundations of the British Empire, and what this has meant for Americans since. As he reveals many little-known historical facts and considers the Tea Party’s uncertain legacy, he presents a compelling and expansive history of an iconic event in America’s tempestuous past.

About the Author

Benjamin L. Carp is associate professor of history at Tufts University.