King Hancock : the radical influence of a moderate founding father
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Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2023.
Physical Desc
311 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction - New Arrivals Shelf
973.3092 BARBIE 2023
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973.3092 BARBIE 2023
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LC Subjects
Biographies.
Governors -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
Hancock, John, -- 1737-1793 -- Influence.
Hancock, John, -- 1737-1793.
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Governors -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
Hancock, John, -- 1737-1793 -- Influence.
Hancock, John, -- 1737-1793.
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2023.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-297) and index.
Description
"Today John Hancock is known for his signature, but during the Revolutionary Era, he was famed for his statesmanship. Brooke Barbier explores Hancock's position as a committed revolutionary who nonetheless understood the value of compromise. By shunning political extremes, Hancock became hugely influential in the infant United States"--,Provided by publisher.
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"A rollicking portrait of the paradoxical patriot, whose measured pragmatism helped make American independence a reality. Americans are surprisingly more familiar with his famous signature than with the man himself. In this spirited account of John Hancock’s life, Brooke Barbier depicts a patriot of fascinating contradictions―a child of enormous privilege who would nevertheless become a voice of the common folk; a pillar of society uncomfortable with radicalism who yet was crucial to independence. About two-fifths of the American population held neutral or ambivalent views about the Revolution, and Hancock spoke for them and to them, bringing them along. Orphaned young, Hancock was raised by his merchant uncle, whose business and vast wealth he inherited―including household slaves, whom Hancock later freed. By his early thirties, he was one of New England’s most prominent politicians, earning a place on Britain’s most-wanted list and the derisive nickname King Hancock. While he eventually joined the revolution against England, his ever moderate―and moderating―disposition would prove an asset after 1776. Barbier shows Hancock appealing to southerners and northerners, Federalists and Anti-Federalists. He was a famously steadying force as president of the fractious Second Continental Congress. He parlayed with French military officials, strengthening a key alliance with his hospitable diplomacy. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock convinced its delegates to vote for the federal Constitution and calmed the fallout from the shocking Shays’s Rebellion. An insightful study of leadership in the revolutionary era, King Hancock traces a moment when passion was on the side of compromise and accommodation proved the basis of profound social and political change."--,Provided by Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Barbier, B. (2023). King Hancock: the radical influence of a moderate founding father . Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Barbier, Brooke. 2023. King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father. Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Barbier, Brooke. King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father Harvard University Press, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Barbier, Brooke. King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father Harvard University Press, 2023.
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