{"product_id":"the-brittle-thread-of-life-backcountry-people-make-a-place-for-themselves-in-early-america-0300139225","title":"The Brittle Thread of Life: Backcountry People Make a Place for Themselves in Early America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0300139225\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Williams, Mark Carlson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 nations 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\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eNew | Mint Condition | Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon | Guaranteed packaging | No quibbles returns\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51735493443872,"sku":"NEW0300139225","price":76.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61YdD-_4GXL.jpg?v=1779486199","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-brittle-thread-of-life-backcountry-people-make-a-place-for-themselves-in-early-america-0300139225","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}