Division! The Crisis of the Commonwealth in Beverly's Civil War.
Swindell, Matthew G. Swindell, Matthew G.
Swindell, Matthew G.
Swindell, Matthew G.
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Abstract
This thesis delves into the Beverly, Massachusetts, division movement of the 1880s and discusses how through its embodiment of class division issues and concern over the growing influence of money in government during the American Gilded Age, an effort to divide this town into two became the crisis of the Commonwealth as shown in the press and the legislature.
Title
Division! The Crisis of the Commonwealth in Beverly's Civil War.
Date
2021-05-01
Subject
1880s
Beverly
Gilded Age
Massachusetts
Beverly
Gilded Age
Massachusetts
Material type
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Abstract
This thesis delves into the Beverly, Massachusetts, division movement of the 1880s and discusses how through its embodiment of class division issues and concern over the growing influence of money in government during the American Gilded Age, an effort to divide this town into two became the crisis of the Commonwealth as shown in the press and the legislature.