In this episode, we will explore Professor Mark Peterson's 2019 book, The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630 - 1865. In this work, Dr. Peterson explores the development of traditions of Bostonian autonomy and engagement with the Atlantic World, Boston's place in the British Empire, and the transformation of its traditions in the political environment of the early American republic. This work challenges narratives of Boston's place in the Revolutionary era in the United States and examines its distinct political economy, political ideologies, and religious culture.
Mark Peterson is the Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale and a historian of early modern North America, New England, and the Atlantic World. He is also the author of The Price of Redemption: The Spiritual Economy of Puritan New England (Stanford, 1998).
In this episode, Dr. Peterson will discuss his work with Kevin Gledhill (Ph.D. Yale, 2020), a Graduate Alumni Fellow at Yale and historian of Iran, Russia, and the Caspian Sea in the 18th and 19th centuries.
For more on early modern Boston, please read Mark Peterson's book, The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630 - 1865.
The music in this episode is from the song "Over the Water, Humans Gather," by Doctor Turtle. It carries a Creative Commons 4.0 International License (CC:BY).
