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The Lord Cornbury Scandal : The Politics of Reputation in British America /
The portrait of a viscount in women's clothing from the colonial government of New York addresses the climate of political corruption, conspiracy, slander, and rumormongering prevalent in his times. Also addressed are the postwar American Whig tendencies to completely discount colonial benevole...
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Chapel Hill :
Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press,
1998.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Under History's Carpet; The Cornbury Legend; The Underside of Opposition Politics; Moving beyond Whig History; Chapter 1. Lord Cornbury Redressed: The Governor and the Problem Portrait; Early History of the Portrait; Speculations: Expert and Otherwise; Chapter 2. Lord Cornbury in England; Youth and Marriage; Cornbury and the Glorious Revolution; Financial Doldrums; Cornbury Appointed Governor General; Return to England, 1710-1723; Chapter 3. Getting to Know Governor Cornbury; Modeling the Role of Imperial Governor.
- A Naval EngagementCornbury and the Church of England; Chapter 4. ""Money's the Leading Card"": Governor Cornbury and Imperial Finance; Charges of Financial Corruption in New Jersey and New York; Governor Cornbury's Expense Account; Cornbury's Administration in Comparative Perspective; Patricians in the Provinces; Chapter 5. ""One Tale Is Good Till Another Is Told"": Gossip and Satire in Anglo-American Politics; The Politics of Conspiracy; The Rise of Grub Street; The English Gossips; Gossip and Satire in America; Chapter 6. Sex and Gender in Early Modern English Culture.
- The Boundaries of Sex and GenderThe Emergence of the Homosexual Community in England; Transvestism: A Clinical View; Chapter 7. 'Tis Said He Dresses as a Woman: Imperial Communication, Gossip, and the Search for Meaning; Imperial Communication in the Age of Sail; Evaluating the News; Allegations of Cross Dressing; Possible Sources of the Rumor; Chapter 8. The Politics of Reputation; War and Indian Affairs in New lork; Governor and Assembly: The Balance of Power in New York; The Royal Colony of New Jersey; Political Connexions
- A Neutral Observer Takes Cornbury's Measure.
- Chapter 9. An Age of ScurrilityList of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W.