Author: New York (Colony). Lieutenant Governor (1761-1775 : Colden)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Colden Letter Books
Author: New York (Colony). Lieutenant Governor (1761-1775 : Colden)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Colden Letter Books ... 1760-1765 (1765-1775).
Author: Cadwallader COLDENThe Enlightenment of Cadwallader Colden
Author: John M. DixonPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 150170351X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The Enlightenment of Cadwallader Colden traces the life and ideas of this fascinating and controversial "gentleman-scholar." John M. Dixon's lively and accessible account explores the overlapping ideological, social, and political worlds of this earliest of New York intellectuals.
The Letters and Papers of Cadwallader Colden ... 1711-[1775]
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Author: Cadwallader ColdenThe Letters and Papers of Cadwallader Colden: 1761-1764
Author: Cadwallader ColdenDunmore's New World
Author: James Corbett DavidPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813934257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Dunmore's New World tells the stranger-than-fiction story of Lord Dunmore, the last royal governor of Virginia, whose long-neglected life boasts a measure of scandal and intrigue rare in the annals of the colonial world. Dunmore not only issued the first formal proclamation of emancipation in American history; he also undertook an unauthorized Indian war in the Ohio Valley, now known as Dunmore’s War, that was instrumental in opening the Kentucky country to white settlement. In this entertaining biography, James Corbett David brings together a rich cast of characters as he follows Dunmore on his perilous path through the Atlantic world from 1745 to 1809. Dunmore was a Scots aristocrat who, even with a family history of treason, managed to obtain a commission in the British army, a seat in the House of Lords, and three executive appointments in the American colonies. He was an unusual figure, deeply invested in the imperial system but quick to break with convention. Despite his 1775 proclamation promising freedom to slaves of Virginia rebels, Dunmore was himself a slaveholder at a time when the African slave trade was facing tremendous popular opposition in Great Britain. He also supported his daughter throughout the scandal that followed her secret, illegal marriage to the youngest son of George III—a relationship that produced two illegitimate children, both first cousins of Queen Victoria. Within this single narrative, Dunmore interacts with Jacobites, slaves, land speculators, frontiersmen, Scots merchants, poor white fishermen, the French, the Spanish, Shawnees, Creeks, patriots, loyalists, princes, kings, and a host of others. This history captures the vibrant diversity of the political universe that Dunmore inhabited alongside the likes of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. A transgressive imperialist, Dunmore had an astounding career that charts the boundaries of what was possible in the Atlantic world in the Age of Revolution.
The Road to Mobocracy
Author: Paul A. GiljePublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469608634
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Road to Mobocracy is the first major study of public disorder in New York City from the Revolutionary period through the Jacksonian era. During that time, the mob lost its traditional, institutional role as corporate safety valve and social corrective, tolerated by public officials. It became autonomous, a violent menace to individual and public good expressing the discordant urges and fears of a pluralistic society. Indeed, it tested the premises of democratic government. Paul Gilje relates the practices of New York mobs to their American and European roots and uses both historical and anthropological methods to show how those mobs adapted to local conditions. He questions many of the traditional assumptions about the nature of the mob and scrutinizes explanations of its transformation: among them, the loss of a single-interest society, industrialization and changes in the workforce, increased immigration, and the rise of sub-classes in American society. Gilje's findings can be extended to other cities. The lucid narrative incorporates meticulous and exhaustive archival research that unearths hundreds of New York City disturbances -- about the Revolution, bawdy-houses, theaters, dogs and hogs, politics, elections, ethnic conflict, labor actions, religion. Illustrations recreate the turbulent atmosphere of the city; maps, graphs, and tables define the spacial and statistical dimensions of its ferment. The book is a major contribution to our understanding of social change in the early Republic as well as to the history of early New York, urban studies, and rioting.
The Magazine of American History
Author: The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries
Author: John Austin StevensPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries
Author: Martha Joanna LambPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338555845X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1879.