The Decline of Aristocracy in the Politics of New York / / Dixon Ryan Fox.
Attempts to penetrate beneath the laws and party platforms to provide explanations of the decline of the aristocracy in New York during the first half of the 18th century. Begins in 1801 and looks at issues affecting the city of New York and its countryside.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1919] ©1919 |
| Year of Publication: | 1919 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- I. The Few, the Rich, and the Well Born
- II. Politics and Prejudice throughout the Countryside
- III. Rulers Deposed
- IV. New Methods and a Victory
- V. Landholders' Principles
- VI. Mr. Madison's War
- VII. Clinton, Divider of Parties
- VIII. Property or People?
- IX. Old Comrades and New Banners
- X. Manufacturing Becomes Respectable
- XI. Political Distraction
- XII. Tom, Dick and Harry Take a Hand
- XIII. Two Views of Vested Rights
- XIV. Who Were the Whigs?
- Appendix( to Chapter IV)
- Index