LEADER 04044nam 2200577 450 001 9910824144503321 005 20230126215152.0 010 $a1-5017-0803-1 010 $a1-5017-0804-X 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501708046 035 $a(CKB)3710000001145911 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4843517 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001721081 035 $a(OCoLC)957339772 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse57152 035 $a(DE-B1597)492929 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501708046 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4843517 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11382420 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1005479 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001145911 100 $a20170525h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aWho should rule at home? $econfronting the elite in British New York City /$fJoyce D. Goodfriend 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (296 pages) $cillustrations, map, photographs 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 $a0-8014-5127-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction: The Pan-ethnic Elite and the Problem of Cultural Authority -- $tPart One: The Indigestible Dutch -- $t1. The Crystallization of an Anti-Dutch Narrative -- $t2. From Nation to Linguistic Community -- $tPart Two: Pious Commoners -- $t3. George Whitefield Awakens New York City -- $t4. Becoming Religious Consumers -- $tPart Three: Defiant Dependents -- $t5. "Master of the House"? -- $t6. Attached to the Household -- $t7. Sabotaging the Civilizers -- $tConclusion: Tipping the Cultural Scales -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 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 anonymous many who mobilized their modest resources to creatively resist domination. Critics of orthodox religious practice took to heart the message of spiritual rebirth brought to New York City by the famed evangelist George Whitefield and were empowered to make independent religious choices. Wives deserted husbands and took charge of their own futures. Indentured servants complained or simply ran away. Enslaved women and men carved out spaces where they could control their own lives and salvage their dignity. Impoverished individuals, including prostitutes, chose not to bow to the dictates of the elite, even though it meant being cut off from the sources of charity. Among those who confronted the elite were descendants of the early Dutch settlers; by clinging to their native language and traditional faith they preserved a crucial sense of autonomy. 606 $aBritish$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aSocial classes$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xSocial conditions$y18th century 610 $aslavery in nyc, religious pluralism in seventeenth and eighteenth-century new york city, elites and cultural authority, dutch new york, african americans in early new york city. 615 0$aBritish$xHistory 615 0$aSocial classes$xHistory 676 $a974.7/02 700 $aGoodfriend$b Joyce D.$0965664 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824144503321 996 $aWho should rule at home$94052212 997 $aUNINA