Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776

by Carl Bridenbaugh

A masterly history of urban life in the Colonies that recreates, by a brilliant synthesis of contemporary documents, the authentic temper and spirit of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Newport, and Charleston during the crucial years preceding the American Revolution. From civic archives, letters, contemporary books, periodicals, speeches, and tracts, from every imaginable source of record, Mr. Bridenbaugh has fashioned a vast and amazingly coherent portrait of early metropolitan America.

Genres: History

525 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1955

About the author

Carl Bridenbaugh was an American historian who specialized in colonial America. Bridenbaugh is best known for his two major books on colonial cities: Cities in the Wilderness: The First Century of Urban Life in America 1625-1742 and Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776 .