{"product_id":"brittle-thread-of-life-backcountry-people-make-a-place-for-themselves-in-early-america","title":"Brittle Thread of Life: Backcountry People Make a Place for Themselves in Early America","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBrittle Thread of Life: Backcountry People Make a Place for Themselves in Early America\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMark Williams\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780300139228\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eYALE UNIVERSITY PRESS\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2009\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e285\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThe colonists who settled the backcountry in eighteenth-century New England were recruited from the social fringe, people who were desperate for land, autonomy, and respectability and who were willing to make a hard living in a rugged environment. Mark Williams' microhistorical approach gives voice to the settlers, proprietors, and officials of the small colonial settlements that became Granby, Connecticut, and Ashfield, Massachusetts. These people-often disrespectful, disorderly, presumptuous, insistent, and defiant-were drawn to the ideology of the Revolution in the 1760s and 1770s that stressed equality, independence, and property rights. The backcountry settlers pushed the emerging nation's political culture in a more radical direction than many of their leaders or the Founding Fathers preferred and helped put a democratic imprint on the new nation. This accessibly written book will resonate with all those interested in the social and political relationships of early America.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Brittle Thread of Life: Backcountry People Make a Place for Themselves in Early America | Mark Williams | Hardcover | 9780300139228 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks G 1768152","offer_id":49517541490840,"sku":"1768152","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61-HNOzCEUL.jpg?v=1784615274","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/brittle-thread-of-life-backcountry-people-make-a-place-for-themselves-in-early-america","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}