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A New England Town : The First Hundred Years : Dedham, Massachusetts, 1636-1736 (Norton Essays in American History)
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by Kenneth A. Lockridge
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Cover Type: Paperback with 220 pages
Published by: W. W. Norton & CompanyEdition: 2nd Edition September 1985
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0393954595
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0393954593
Book Dimensions:
8 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
Weighs: 9.1 ounces
Reader Reviews
"A New England Town" is a fascinating exploration of the evolution of Dedham, Massachusetts, from its founding as a haven for English Puritans in 1636 over its first century. An example of the local historical investigations in vogue during the latter 1960s, in which the author teases out details about an individual community but effectively draws linkages to broader concerns and themes, Kenneth Lockridge offered a compelling portrait of colonial life, society, economics, and politics in New England. Lockridge is a follower of the French Annales School most identified with Marc Bloch, Lucien Febvre, and Ferdinand Braudel which seeks to shift the focus from conventional historical themes and methods toward comprehensive human activity and large-scale social change over long periods of time. "A New England Town" carries out this task quite effectively. Most importantly, Lockridge explodes the myth of the democratic New England town in which resolute Yeoman farmers and common tradesmen made the laws in a consensus manner. What we find is that while Dedham started as a utopian, communal experiment, it quickly evolved into something else as competing world views demolished Puritan hegemony. In that conflict all parties had to ensure that the rights of the minority were not trampled upon. In an irony too great to ignore, Lockridge documents how political conflict fostered the rise of democratic institutions as bulwarks against oppression. It was the second and third generations of Dedham's inhabitants who created this system, and ensured minority protection, not the original Puritans who founded the town. I first read "A New England Town" in graduate school in the latter 1970s and was impressed with what seemed its exceptionally fresh approach, both in terms of methodology (heavily demographic), and perspective (the Annales school). Having just reread the work, I find that it remains an important benchmark in the historiography of colonial North America and Puritanism. I recommend it as a foundational work on the subject.
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