Traders and Gentlefolk : : The Livingstons of New York, 1675-1790 / / Cynthia A. Kierner.
Including among their number a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the founder of an ironworks, the Livingstons were a prominent family in the political, economic, and social life of colonial New York. Drawing on a rich array of sources, Cynthia Kierner vividly recreates the history of fou...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 4 maps, 5 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Politics for Profit
- 2. The Family Business
- 3. The Family Land
- 4. Useful Gentlefolk
- 5. Politics and Principles
- 6. Aristocratic Republicans
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Livingston Genealogy
- Bibliographical Essay
- Index