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Who Should Rule at Home?: Confronting the Elite in British New York City
Joyce D. Goodfriend
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Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
In Who Should Rule at Home? Joyce D. Goodfriend 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. The urban elite experienced challenges to its cultural authority at different times, from different groups, and in a variety of settings. Goodfriend illuminates the conflicts that pitted the privileged few against the socially ... Read more
In Who Should Rule at Home? Joyce D. Goodfriend 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. The urban elite experienced challenges to its cultural authority at different times, from different groups, and in a variety of settings. Goodfriend illuminates the conflicts that pitted the privileged few against the socially ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801451270
SKU
V9780801451270
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About Joyce D. Goodfriend
Joyce D. Goodfriend is Professor of History at the University of Denver. She is the author of Before the Melting Pot: Society and Culture in Colonial New York City, 1664-1730, editor of Revisiting New Netherland: Perspectives on Early Dutch America, and coeditor of Going Dutch: The Dutch Presence in America, 1609-2009.
Reviews for Who Should Rule at Home?: Confronting the Elite in British New York City
The beautifully written Who Should Rule at Home? demonstrates Joyce D. Goodfriend's deep and rich engagement with the primary sources. Her coverage of religious and devotional culture and Dutch New York are especially valuable.
Simon Middleton, University of Sheffield, author of From Privileges to Rights: Work and Politics in Colonial New York City Joyce D. Goodfriend's deeply ... Read more
Simon Middleton, University of Sheffield, author of From Privileges to Rights: Work and Politics in Colonial New York City Joyce D. Goodfriend's deeply ... Read more