New York in the Age of the Constitution, 1775-1800

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Paul A. Gilje (ed), William Pencak
Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992 - History - 203 pages
The seven essays in this collection, originally presented at a New-York Historical Society Conference, examine ways in which the epic political events associated with the founding of the United States affected the lives of New Yorkers.
 

Contents

Black Revolt in New York City and the Neutral Zone 177583
20
The Common People and the Constitution Popular Culture in New York City in the Late Eighteenth Century
48
The Artisan and the State in the 1790s A Comparison of New York and London
74
Political Radicalism in New York Citys Revolutionary and Constitutional Eras
98
Liberty Jealousy and Union The New York Economy in the 1780s
112
Politics of the Middling Sort The Bourgeois Radicalism of Abraham Yates Melancton Smith and the New York Antifederalists
151
Education and Politics in Revolutionary Albany
176
Contributors
197
Index
199
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