Who Should Rule at Home? : Confronting the Elite in British New York City /

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This work argues that the high-ranking gentlemen who figure so prominently in most accounts of New York City's evolution from 1664, when the English captured the small Dutch outpost of New Amsterdam, to the eve of American independence in 1776 were far from invincible and that the degree of cul...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Goodfriend, Joyce D. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Social conditions.
Social classes.
British.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Britanniques > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 18e siecle.
British > New York (State) > New York > History > 18th century.
New York (State) > New York.
Social classes > New York (State) > New York > History > 18th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 18th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:This work argues that the high-ranking gentlemen who figure so prominently in most accounts of New York City's evolution from 1664, when the English captured the small Dutch outpost of New Amsterdam, to the eve of American independence in 1776 were far from invincible and that the degree of cultural power they held has been exaggerated.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9781501708046

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