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Broadsides, Ballads &C. Printed In Massachusetts 1639-1800

Broadsides, Ballads &C. Printed In Massachusetts 1639-1800

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20th Century United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354445357
ISBN13: 9789354445354
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 26 2021
Pages: 516
Weight: 2.61
Height: 1.04 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Street songs, battle cries, proclamations and elegies: the everyday print of colonial Massachusetts, caught on fragile sheets and rescued from oblivion. These voices still speak today. Spanning 1639 to 1800, 'Broadsides, Ballads &C. Printed in Massachusetts' stands as a landmark early American broadsides collection in bibliographic form, tracing the rise of colonial ballads, public notices and printed ephemera across seventeenth century Massachusetts printing and eighteenth century New England life, including many Massachusetts broadside ballads that once fluttered from tavern doors and meeting-house walls. It opens a vivid window onto early New England popular culture, where politics, piety, trade and tragedy all found expression on the street-side press. For readers, researchers and collectors, this historical broadside bibliography serves as an indispensable early American imprints reference: a structured record of Massachusetts broadsides 1639-1800, with careful attention to dates, places, printers and names. It is both a reference for historians of colonial American printing history and a subtle resource for genealogy research, helping to trace family names, community events and local controversies as they first appeared in ink. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Prepared with care for casual lovers of history, serious scholars and classic-literature collectors alike, this colonial ballads anthology in catalogue form preserves a fleeting, vital chapter of the American story.

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