WHOA! A very abrupt ending, leaving one badly needing more. A lot has happened since 1667 in both Boston and New York. How has the past 350+ years affected the two cites and have the conflict between them changed in character or intensity? For example, Boston has evolved from a Puritan stronghold of intolerance to a city run by Irish and Italians, most of whom are Roman Catholics. Oh, horrors! These immigrants must have had some impact on the Puritan culture. Did they introduce some small bit of tolerance or just add two new team jerseys to the intolerance league?
Good questions—and big ones. I crave a book chronicling the history of the rivalry between the cities, beginning with the history Shorto writes about. I do apologize for the abrupt ending in the transcript! There's a little more in the audio recording that I cut out of the written version.
WHOA! A very abrupt ending, leaving one badly needing more. A lot has happened since 1667 in both Boston and New York. How has the past 350+ years affected the two cites and have the conflict between them changed in character or intensity? For example, Boston has evolved from a Puritan stronghold of intolerance to a city run by Irish and Italians, most of whom are Roman Catholics. Oh, horrors! These immigrants must have had some impact on the Puritan culture. Did they introduce some small bit of tolerance or just add two new team jerseys to the intolerance league?
Good questions—and big ones. I crave a book chronicling the history of the rivalry between the cities, beginning with the history Shorto writes about. I do apologize for the abrupt ending in the transcript! There's a little more in the audio recording that I cut out of the written version.