• Date: February 12, 2008
• Location: Beverly Historical Society
• Time:9AM - 3PM
Address and Directions



The history of the United States in the 19th century is central to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and to an understanding of our nation’s development. The traditional tendency to separate the history of the early 19th century into discrete topics such as Jacksonian Democracy, the revolution in transportation and communication, and sectional tension ignores the ways in which these events overlapped, informed, and affected one another. In this seminar, Boston College’s Dr. David Quigley will lead teachers through a discussion of these traditional approaches to 19th century history and discuss the ways that they can be combined to create a more synthetic narrative of the period.


• Dr. David Quigley
• Boston College
  
  David Quigley is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the History Department at Boston College. A graduate of Amherst College and New York University, he has written on race and democracy in nineteenth-century America in Second Founding: New York City, Reconstruction, and the Making of American Democracy and Jim Crow New York: A Documentary History of Race and Citizenship, 1777-1877 (coauthored with David N. Gellman). He is currently completing several book-length projects: Last, Best Hope: International Lives of the American Civil War, Busing in Boston: A Brief History with Documents, and A Companion to American Urban History.
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Address and Directions

Beverly Historical Society and Museum
117 Cabot Street
Beverly, MA 01915
Map

Follow Rt. 128 and take exit 20B for Rt. 1A South towards Beverly. Continue on 1A, which turns into Cabot Street. The Historical Society is a large, brick building.


Parking
A municipal lot is located on Franklin Place, which is located on the street parallel to the Historical Society. The parking rate is .25 per every 2 hours.