Robert J. Allison

"Until 2004 and the publication of ""A Short History of Boston,"" there was no good short history of the city of Boston, not in print anyway. With economy and style, Dr. Robert Allison brings Boston history alive, from the Puritan theocracy of the seventeenth century to the Big Dig of the twenty-first. His book includes a wealth of illustrations, a lengthy chronology of the key events in four centuries of Boston history, and twenty short profiles of exceptional Bostonians, from founder John Winthrop to heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan, from ""heretic"" Anne Hutchinson to Russian-American author Mary Antin. Says the Provincetown Arts, ""A first-rate short history of the city, lavishly illustrated, lovingly written, and instantly the best book of its kind."" "

A Short History of Boston

Robert Allison

Each book offers a thorough, authoratative overview of a key historical event or era, including all the relevant information in a short amount of pages.

A Concise History

The American Revolution

Chronicles the events leading to the 1773 Boston Tea Party where several thousand pounds of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor in protest against taxes imposed by King George.

The Boston Tea Party

Dennis E. Showalter

Benjamin Frankel

Keith Krawczynski

Each volume of the History in Dispute series has a thematic, era or subject-specific focus that coincides with the way history is studied at the academic level. Each volume contains roughly 50 entries, chosen by a board of historians and academics.

History in Dispute: The American Revolution, 1763-1789

Original edition has subtitle: a concise history.

Robert J. Allison

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