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Record Nr.

UNISA996247869003316

Autore

Countryman Edward

Titolo

A people in revolution : the American Revolution and political society in New York, 1760-1790 / / Edward Countryman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : W.W. Norton, 1989, c1981

ISBN

0-393-30606-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 388 p. ) : ill. ;

Disciplina

974.7/03

Soggetti

United States - General

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

New York (State) Politics and government 1775-1783

New York (State) Politics and government 1775-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint. Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. (Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 99th ser., 2) With new pref.

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. 327-373.

Nota di contenuto

I: The Waning of an Old Order, 1760-1775 -- 1: The Pains of Development -- 2: Riots in the Streets and Fields -- 3: A Political System in Decay -- II: The Revolutionary Crisis, 1774-1782 -- 4: Rebels, Royalists, and Frightened Men -- 5: The Rending of New York -- 6: Defining the New Order -- III: The Making of a Partisan Culture, 1777-1788 -- 7: The Conservative Retreat, 1777-1782 -- 8: The Radical Ascendancy, 1781-1786 -- 9: The Rise of Conservative Nationalism, 1784-1788 -- IV: Conclusion -- 10: The Revolutionary Transformation -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Fifty Thousand Choices: A Note on Quantitative Method -- Appendix 2: The Structure of the State Legislature, 1777-1788