Mary Babson Fuhrer

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“Striped Pig” Article Inspires Pottery Artists

July 6, 2019by mfuhrer823 Leave a comment

Check out my article in the February 2019 issue of Early American Life. “The Striped Pig – A Tale of Porcine Protest,” tells the story of wily Yankee protesters in […]

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AASLH -Award of Excellence!

July 6, 2019by mfuhrer823 Leave a comment

I’m thrilled to share that Declaring Independence: Then and New,” the joint program of Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area and the American Antiquarian Society, has received a national Award of […]

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Declaring Independence – Then and Now

July 31, 2018by mfuhrer823 1 Comment

Reconsidering the Promises of the Declaration of Independence I’ve been busy this past spring and summer preparing scripts and narrating performances of Declaring Independence – Then and Now. The program  is […]

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Hands-On History Workshop Declaring Independence — Then and Now

February 6, 2016by mfuhrer823 Leave a comment

American Antiquarian Society announces: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 – 6:00pm to 9:00pm Hands-On History Workshop Declaring Independence — Then and Now Lead Scholars: Danielle Allen and Mary Babson Fuhrer Co-Sponsored […]

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Crisis of Community Receives Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize

November 1, 2015by mfuhrer823 Leave a comment

I’m honored that Crisis of Community has been awarded the inaugural Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize for best non-fiction book on Massachusetts history! Below is the announcement from the Massachusetts […]

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AHR Reviews Crisis of Community

May 13, 2015by mfuhrer823 Leave a comment

I appreciate Johann Neem’s gentle review of A Crisis of Community in the April 2015 volume of the American Historical Review. I would not, however, like to leave readers with the […]

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Two More Positive Reviews For Crisis of Community: JAH and JER

March 13, 2015by mfuhrer823 Leave a comment

In the December 2014 issue of the Journal of American History, Shelby Balik gives a favorable review of Crisis of Community. She notes that, “Fuhrer shows how the grand narratives of the early […]

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Book Review by Richard Brown in the New England Quarterly!

January 7, 2015by mfuhrer823 Leave a comment

Richard Brown, renowned scholar of New England social history, recently gave Crisis of Community an enthusiastic review in the Winter 2014 issue of the New England Quarterly, pp. 757-59. I […]

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See the Boston Globe Review of “Crisis of Community”

April 14, 2014by mfuhrer823 Leave a comment

Megan Woolhouse of the Boston Globe staff recently reviewed my book. I was pleased that she highlighted the connections between my book’s themes and a number of contemporary issues. Here’s […]

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Newly Released

December 24, 2013by mfuhrer823 1 Comment

Newly released from UNC Press on March 17, 2014: A Crisis of Community: The Trials and Transformation of a New England Town, 1815-1848. The image on the book jacket is […]

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