{"product_id":"9780195382471","title":"As If an Enemy's Country: The British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn October 1, 1768, British Troops landed in Boston and occupied the city for seventeen months.  Their mission was to enforce imperial taxation measures and to subdue this hotbed of colonial disobedience.  Bostonians went from having a semblance of self-governance to enduring the tyranny of occupation.  The presence of British troops caused a symbolic and psychological shift of profound consequence.  Nothing did more to forment anti-British sentiment or to give the colonists a sense of identity separate from that of their mother country.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs If an Enemy's Country\u003c\/i\u003e captures this period of high drama.  Panoramic and engrossing, it gives us a town of suddenly transformed, tingling with nervous energy and tension, from its centers of royal power to its back alleys.  Everyone—both occupiers and occupied—was on edge, simultaneously trying to survive the moment and grasp its implications.  Royalist leades such as Governor Francis Bernard and Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson jockeyed for power against the popular movement's leaders such as John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and James Otis, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFor seventeen months, the city of Boston seethed.  One in five men wore a red coat and was armed.  Conflict broke out almost immediately, reaching a climax in the swirling confusion of the massacre.  \u003ci\u003eAs If an Enemy's Country\u003c\/i\u003e offers an unforgettable account of what turned Boston—and with it the colonies as a whole—irrevocably toward revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010903720176,"sku":"9780195382471","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780195382471_p0.jpg?v=1763779480","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780195382471","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}