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The shoemaker and the tea party : memory and the American Revolution / Alfred F. Young.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c1999.Description: xvii, 262 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0807071404 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • 9780807054055
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.3
LOC classification:
  • 002 E 215.7 Y68s 1999
Online resources:
Contents:
I: George Robert Twelves Hewes (1742-1840). A Boston shoemaker and the memory of the American Revolution -- A man in his nineties -- A Boston childhood -- The apprentice -- The shoemaker -- The massacre -- The tea party -- Tar and feathers -- The patriot -- Soldier and sailor -- Family man -- Veteran -- Hero -- II: When did they start calling it the Boston Tea Party? The contest for memory of the American Revolution -- Taming the revolution, 1765-1775 -- The destruction of the tea, 1773 -- Taming the memory of the revolution, 1783-1820 -- Merchants, mill owners, and master mechanics -- The discovery of the veterans, 1825 -- Claiming the revolution: the radical challenge, 1835 -- The recoverery of the tea party -- The appropriation of a shoemaker -- Into history: the ongoing contest for the revolution.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 002 E 215.7 Y68s 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000108573

Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-248) and index.

I: George Robert Twelves Hewes (1742-1840). A Boston shoemaker and the memory of the American Revolution -- A man in his nineties -- A Boston childhood -- The apprentice -- The shoemaker -- The massacre -- The tea party -- Tar and feathers -- The patriot -- Soldier and sailor -- Family man -- Veteran -- Hero -- II: When did they start calling it the Boston Tea Party? The contest for memory of the American Revolution -- Taming the revolution, 1765-1775 -- The destruction of the tea, 1773 -- Taming the memory of the revolution, 1783-1820 -- Merchants, mill owners, and master mechanics -- The discovery of the veterans, 1825 -- Claiming the revolution: the radical challenge, 1835 -- The recoverery of the tea party -- The appropriation of a shoemaker -- Into history: the ongoing contest for the revolution.

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