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Who should rule at home? : confronting the elite in British New York City / Joyce D. Goodfriend.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodfriend, Joyce D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Book Committee.
- British.
- History.
- Social conditions.
- New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--18th century.
- New York (N.Y.).
- British--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
- Social classes--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
- Social classes.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Physical Description:
- x, 296 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
- Contents:
- The pan-ethnic elite and the problem of cultural authority
- The indigestible Dutch
- The crystallization of an anti-Dutch narrative
- From nation to linguistic community
- Pious commoners
- George Whitefield awakens New Yorkers
- Becoming religious consumers
- Defiant dependents
- Master of the house?
- Attached to the household
- Sabotaging the civilizers
- Tipping the cultural scales.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Goodfriend, Joyce D., author. Who should rule at home?
- ISBN:
- 9780801451270
- 0801451272
- OCLC:
- 957264925
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