Reminiscences and Traditions of Boston by Hannah Crocker; Eileen Hunt Botting and Sarah L. Houser (eds.)
Published for the first time, Hannah Mather Crocker's early 19th-century Reminiscences presents a unique history of Boston and its environs from the 1620s to the 1820s. A leading female writer and women's rights advocate, and the granddaughter of Cotton Mather, Crocker provides a significant resource for women's historians, scholars of feminist political thought, and early American historians alike. This book contains a masterfully transcribed and annotated version of the text and appendix from the original manuscript, which has been housed at the NEHGS archives for over 130 years. Crocker's history chronicles everything from Puritan law, colonial and provincial history, interactions with the British, French, and Native Americans, the establishment of Boston churches, and Boston's economic growth, paying special attention to women's work and culture. This book also presents Crocker's treasury of poetry including a poem by Phillis Wheatley dedicated to Hannah, and a comical recipe for chowder.
From Deference to Defiance: Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1629–1692 by Roger Thompson
Roger Thompson's newest book recreates the lost world of 17th-century Charlestown and the lives and work of the first three generations of its townspeople. By using a variety of surviving records, Thompson presents a colorful history of the town's settlement and governance, its relationship with the land and sea, the church, local crime and violence, the role of women, and ultimately its involvement in the Glorious Revolution.
There is a brief interview with the author on the New England Historic Genealogical Society's blog.
2010Boston: The Changing Contours of World Mission and Christianity by Todd M. Johnson, Rodney L. Peterson, Gina Bellofatto, and Travis L. Myers (eds.)
In November 2010, three hundred faculty, students, and others interested in Christian mission gathered in Boston to consider how the world, the global church, and Christian missions have changed since the World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh in 1910 and to reflect on the three previous centennial conferences. Participants at 2010Boston were not delegates from churches and mission agencies, but were students and scholars of various aspects of world Christianity representing a number of traditions. This conference volume consists of keynote messages, student presentations, reports from other conferences, and additional materials from or about 2010Boston.
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