This is a much-needed volume for Massachusetts policymakers, journalists, and community leaders, as well as those learning about political power at the state level, inside and outside of the classroom.
More than a century and a half ago, John Adams urged scholars investigate the communications of the Boston Committee of Correspondence, the most radical and important of the revolutionary committees...
A record six Latino candidates qualified for the final ballot: Carrero and LOpez for the School Committee, newcomer Christopher Clark for an AtLarge Council seat, Hernandez for District D, Santiago for District C, and Silverio as the ...
This book explores the connection between the changing social context of colonial New England and the emergence of political unrest in the years before the American Revolution.
Prelude to Purgatory: Thomas Hutchinson in Provincial Massachusetts Politics, 1760-1770
The American Revolution and the Politics of Liberty offers a complete and sophisticated understanding of the contribution these leaders made to American politics.
"Some people study policy making, other people do it….McDonough’s spirited account of his dual life in the political trenches of the Massachusetts legislature and the analytic turf of the academy carries two powerful messages: scholars ...
Laws that govern everyone are sent from a country far across the ocean. Step into the lives of the colonists, and get the real story of government and politics in Colonial America.
The instructions to Sir Danvers Osborne drafted by Charles Townshend in 1753 as Osborne was about to assume the governorship of New York stressed the point more than ever: And whereas nothing can more effectually tend to reestablish ...
Unfortunately, the story of Massachusetts' decline has national implications. Other states share its problems. And the cautionary tale of their mishandling in Massachusetts speaks to a broader issue.