A Factious People : : Politics and Society in Colonial New York / / Patricia U. Bonomi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Bonomi, Patricia U.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Abbreviations --; I. Some Problems in Colonial New York History --; 1 . Carl Becker's View of Colonial New York --; 2. The New York "Aristocracy": A Problem of Definition --; 3. Political Factionalism: A "divided" and "contentious" People --; 4. "As the twig is bent . . . " --; 5. "Who should rule at home"? --; II. Settlement and Expansion --; 1 . "A mixture of Nations" --; 2. Local Government: A Random Growth --; 3. The "City-State" of Albany --; 4 . The "Albany Spirit" --; III. Economic Interests and Political Contentions --; I. The Merchant Interest --; 2. The Landed Interest --; 3. The Backdrop: The Leislerian Upheaval - Fiscal Policies --; 4. Politics and Governor Hunter: 1710 - 1719 --; 5. Politics and Governor Burnet: 1720 - 1727 --; 6. Shifting Patterns: 1728 - 1731 --; IV. The Morris-Cosby Dispute: A Political and Constitutional Crisis --; 1. The Resurgence of Parties: Governor Cosby and the Van Dam Affair --; 2. A Twofold Strategy: The Founding of Zenger's New-York Weekly Journal; the Westchester Election of 1733 --; 3. A Flanking Maneuver: Lewis Morris in London; Petitions in New York --; 4. A Crisis of Identity in the Making --; V. James De Lancey, Anglo-American: The Politics of New York at Mid-Century --; 1. Building an Anglo-American "Interest" --; 2. James DeLancey versus Governor George Clinton --; 3. Governor Clinton Builds a Party: 1748 - 1752 --; 4. Henry Beekman and the Politics of Dutchess County --; 5. James DeLancey Becomes Acting Governor of New York --; VI. New York's Land System: Problems and Opprtunities --; 1. Problems of Interpretation and Definition --; 2. Legal and Economic Aspects of the Great Patents --; 3. A Favorable View of Tenancy --; 4. The Causes of Agrarian Unrest --; 5. A "Drove of Banditt Rovers" --; 6. The Riots of 1766 --; 7. Some Considerations --; VII . Politics, The "Universal Topick ": 1765-1770 --; 1. The Parties Take Shape --; 2. On Party Labels --; 3. The Election of 1768 --; 4. Party Conflicts in the Assembly: 1768 --; 5. The Election of 1769 --; 6. Assembly Maneuvers: 1769 --; 7. Alexander McDougall and "the grand Cause of America" --; VIII. Ideology and Politics: A Concluding Note --; Appendixes --; Appendix A. Genealogies --; Appendix B. English Governors of New York --; Appendix C. Representatives in the Colonial Assembly --; Appendix D. Council of the Colony of New York --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780801455346; 9783110606744
• DOI: 10.7591/9780801455346
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Patricia U. Bonomi.

First published in 1971 and long out of print, this classic account of Colonial-era New York chronicles how the state was buffeted by political and sectional rivalries and by conflict arising from a wide diversity of ethnic and religious identities. New York's highly volatile and contentious political life, Patricia U. Bonomi shows, gave rise to a number of interest groups for whose support political leaders had to compete, resulting in new levels of democratic participation.