New England Life in the 18th Century

Harvard Univ PR
ISBN: 978-0-674-61251-8
Verlag: HARVARD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 656 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 930 g

In 1859 John Langdon Sibley projected and began a series of biographical sketches of all Harvard graduates; at his death in 1885 he had published three volumes, covering the Classes from 1642 through 1689. In 1930 the work was resumed by Clifford K. Shipton, who carried the series through Volume XII and the Class of 1750. This book offers a representative selection from the nine volumes of Shipton’s biographies. In these sketches there appear royal governors, counterfeiters, college presidents, bootleggers, Indian fighters, Revolutionary leaders, Loyalists, mariners, lawyers, drunkards, and clergymen of four persuasions. Together they form a cross-section of Colonial life in which the Harvard tie is often only incidental.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shipton, Clifford

Shipton, Clifford Kenyon

Weitere Mitwirkende

Morison, Samuel Eliot

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Shipton, Clifford Kenyon
Clifford Kenyon Shipton served as librarian and director of the American Antiquarian Society and head of the Harvard Archives.

Morison, Samuel Eliot
Samuel Eliot Morison was Professor of History at Harvard University. His books won two Pulitzer Prizes.