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In 1790, President Timothy Dwight of Yale offered thisdescription of Northampton, a town situated on the banks of the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts: "The inhabitants of this valley possess a common character," he remarked. "Even the beauty of the scenery, scarcely found in the same degree elsewhere, becomes a source of pride as well as enjoyment." For Dwight, the appeal of the place lay in its proportions, which epitomized eighteenth-century ideas about the proper balance between the natural world and the built environment.

Northampton evoked equally powerful visions in others. To minister Jonathan Edwards it was a stage for the enactment of God's drama of saving grace and ...

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In 1790, President Timothy Dwight of Yale offered thisdescription of Northampton, a town situated on the banks of the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts: "The inhabitants of this valley possess a common character," he remarked. "Even the beauty of the scenery, scarcely found in the same degree elsewhere, becomes a source of pride as well as enjoyment." For Dwight, the appeal of the place lay in its proportions, which epitomized eighteenth-century ideas about the proper balance between the natural world and the built environment.

Northampton evoked equally powerful visions in others. To minister Jonathan Edwards it was a stage for the enactment of God's drama of saving grace and redemption, while to Swedish soprano Jenny Lind it was simply a "paradise." During the 1920s Northampton became Main Street USA—a reassuring backdrop for the presidency of the city's former mayor, Calvin Coolidge. But for Smith College professor Newton Arvin, it was the dark side of small-town America that surfaced during the early decades of the Cold War. From witchcraft trials to Shays' Rebellion, from Sojourner Truth and the utopian abolitionists to Sylvester Graham and diet reform, many of the main currents of American life have flowed through this New England river town.

To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the founding of Northampton, "A Place Called Paradise" brings together a broad range of writing on the city's rich heritage. Edited with an introduction by Kerry W. Buckley, the volume includes essays by John Demos, Christopher Clark, Nell Irvin Painter, David W. Blight, and other distinguished scholars who have found this region fertile ground for research. Together their writings not only chronicle the history of a place but illustrate, in microcosm, the dynamics at work in the larger sweep of America's past.

"This is local history at its best. These insightful and readable essays explore central themes of American history as they played out in a single remarkable community. Since its founding 350 years ago, Northampton has seen it all—seventeenth-century witchcraft trials; eighteenth-century revivalism and revolution; nineteenth-century Romanticism, reform, and commerce; twentieth-century feminism and Cold War homophobia. The next-best-thing to living in Northampton is reading this wonderful volume."— Paul S. Boyer, editor, "The Oxford Companion to United States History"

KERRY W. BUCKLEY is executive director of Historic Northampton. He is author of "Mechanical Man: John Broadus Watson and the Beginnings of Behaviorism" and coeditor of "Letters from an American Utopia: The Stetson Family and the Northampton Association, 1843-1847."

A volume of essays commemorating the 350th anniversary of a historic New England community.

Published in association with Historic Northampton, Inc.

Editorial Reviews

The New England Quarterly
"Other towns and communities facing milestone anniversaries should consider emulating Historic Northampton's example: while not every locality can be a "paradise," surely Northampton is not unique in possessing fascinating storeis that illustrate the American experience."

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781558494855
  • Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
  • Publication date: 12/22/2004
  • Pages: 536
  • Product dimensions: 6.10 (w) x 9.30 (h) x 1.70 (d)

Table of Contents

1 Into the maelstrom of change 5
2 Native presence in Nonotuck and Northampton 18
3 "Hard thoughts and jealousies" 39
4 The river gods in the making 75
5 Jonathan Edwards and the gospel of love 91
6 The view through the eye of a needle 107
7 Revolution in the neighborhood 137
8 The revolution that failed 168
9 The roots of rural capitalism 197
10 Arcadian vales 231
11 The look of paradise 245
12 The literary landscape 257
13 Sylvester Graham and health reform 282
14 The communitarian moment 301
15 Sojourner truth : a life, a symbol 343
16 When this cruel war is over 365
17 The view from Prospect House 395
18 Smith College and changing concepts of educated women 403
19 Love across the color line 419
20 The man nobody knew 459
21 The scarlet professor 493

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