A Factious People: Politics and Society in Colonial New YorkFirst published in 1971 and long out of print, this classic account of Colonial-era New York chronicles how the state was buffeted by political and sectional rivalries and by conflict arising from a wide diversity of ethnic and religious identities. New York's highly volatile and contentious political life, Patricia U. Bonomi shows, gave rise to a number of interest groups for whose support political leaders had to compete, resulting in new levels of democratic participation. |
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Contents
Settlement and Expansion | |
Economic Interests and Political Contentions | |
A Political and Constitutional Crisis | |
The Founding of Zengers NewYork | |
A Crisis of Identity in the Making | |
The Politics of New York at Mid | |
James DeLancey versus Governor George Clinton | |
17481752 | |
James DeLancey Becomes Acting Governor of New York | |
Problems and Opportunities | |
17651770 | |
A Concluding Note | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Factious People: Politics and Society in Colonial New York |
| Author | Patricia U. Bonomi |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press, 2015 |
| ISBN | 0801455332, 9780801455339 |
| Length | 360 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) |
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