Before the Melting Pot Society and Culture in Colonial New York City, 1664-1730 / Joyce D. Goodfriend

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodfriend, Joyce D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.

Ethnicity--New York (State)--New York--History.

Ethnicity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1. paperback print

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. Princeton Univ. Press 1994

Summary:

From its earliest days under English rule, New York City had an unusually diverse ethnic makeup, with substantial numbers of Dutch, English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Jewish immigrants, as well as a large African-American population. Joyce Goodfriend paints a vivid portrait of this society, exploring the meaning of ethnicity in early America and showing how colonial settlers of varying backgrounds worked out a basis for coexistence. She argues that, contrary to the prevalent notion of rapid Anglicization, ethnicity proved an enduring force in this small urban society well into the eighteenth century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

TABLES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE. NEW AMSTERDAM BECOMES NEW YORK CITY

CHAPTER TWO. THE SECOND GENERATION

CHAPTER THREE. NEWCOMERS IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NEW YORK CITY

CHAPTER FOUR. ETHNICITY AND STRATIFICATION IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NEW YORK CITY

CHAPTER FIVE. COMMUNITY AND CULTURE IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NEW YORK CITY

CHAPTER SIX. AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE

CHAPTER SEVEN. IMMIGRANTS TO NEW YORK CITY, 1700-1730

CHAPTER EIGHT. THE THIRD GENERATION

CHAPTER NINE. CULTURE AND COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK CITY, 1700-1730

CONCLUSION

NOTES TO THE CHAPTERS

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691047942

0691047944

OCLC:

1273306521