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Reluctant Revolutionaries
Author: Joseph S. Tiedemann
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501717537
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 357
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The question of why New Yorkers were such reluctant revolutionaries has long bedeviled historians. In an innovative study of New York City between 1763 and 1776, Joseph S. Tiedemann explains how conscientiously residents labored to build a consensus under difficult circumstances. New Yorkers acted the way they did not because they were mostly loyalist or because a few patrician conservatives were able to stem the tide of revolution but because the population of their city was so heterogeneous that consensus was not easily achieved.Differences within the city's pluralistic population slowed the process of hammering out a course of action acceptable to the large majority. The consensus that finally emerged had to be cautious rather than militant in order to unite as many people as possible behind the revolutionary banner. Ultimately, the time it took was far less significant, Tiedemann notes, than the fact that New York proceeded to declare independence, and went on to become a pivotal state in the new nation. In framing his argument, Tiedemann explains the limitations of interpretations offered by both progressive, New Left, and consensus historians. Citing the work of scholars as diverse as Walter Laqueur, Theda Skocpol, and Louis Kreisberg, Tiedemann pays close attention to the dynamics of British colonial rule and its impact on New York.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501717537
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 357
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The question of why New Yorkers were such reluctant revolutionaries has long bedeviled historians. In an innovative study of New York City between 1763 and 1776, Joseph S. Tiedemann explains how conscientiously residents labored to build a consensus under difficult circumstances. New Yorkers acted the way they did not because they were mostly loyalist or because a few patrician conservatives were able to stem the tide of revolution but because the population of their city was so heterogeneous that consensus was not easily achieved.Differences within the city's pluralistic population slowed the process of hammering out a course of action acceptable to the large majority. The consensus that finally emerged had to be cautious rather than militant in order to unite as many people as possible behind the revolutionary banner. Ultimately, the time it took was far less significant, Tiedemann notes, than the fact that New York proceeded to declare independence, and went on to become a pivotal state in the new nation. In framing his argument, Tiedemann explains the limitations of interpretations offered by both progressive, New Left, and consensus historians. Citing the work of scholars as diverse as Walter Laqueur, Theda Skocpol, and Louis Kreisberg, Tiedemann pays close attention to the dynamics of British colonial rule and its impact on New York.
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Pages : 292
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The Papers of Thomas A. Edison
Author: Thomas A. Edison
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801886406
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 940
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The sheer diversity of material offered here refreshingly transcends any exclusive restriction to Edisonia."--British Journal for the History of Science
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801886406
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 940
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The sheer diversity of material offered here refreshingly transcends any exclusive restriction to Edisonia."--British Journal for the History of Science
Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Author: Massachusetts Historical Society
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Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Narrative and Critical History of America: The later history of British, Spanish, and Portuguese America. 1889
Author: Justin Winsor
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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Proceedings and Papers of the ... Annual Meeting of the Oregon State Horticultural Society
Author: Oregon State Horticultural Society
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Category : Fruit-culture
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Category : Fruit-culture
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Cadwallader Colden, 1688–1776
Author: Philip Ranlet
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 076187142X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 503
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In this book, Philip Ranlet examines the prolific political career of Cadwallader Colden. Colden was the long lasting lieutenant governor of royal New York. A determined foe of entrenched interests in New York such as the manor lords, the lawyers, and the fur smugglers, he remained a vigorous supporter of the royal prerogative. He handled Indian relations for many years and was the first true historian of the Iroquois. Also one of the preeminent scientists of the colonial period and the Enlightenment itself, he established botany in America and also tried to revise the work of Sir Isaac Newton. Lieutenant Governor Cadwallader Colden continued to battle the enemies ofBritish rule until his death during the American Revolution in 1776 at 88 years old.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 076187142X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 503
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In this book, Philip Ranlet examines the prolific political career of Cadwallader Colden. Colden was the long lasting lieutenant governor of royal New York. A determined foe of entrenched interests in New York such as the manor lords, the lawyers, and the fur smugglers, he remained a vigorous supporter of the royal prerogative. He handled Indian relations for many years and was the first true historian of the Iroquois. Also one of the preeminent scientists of the colonial period and the Enlightenment itself, he established botany in America and also tried to revise the work of Sir Isaac Newton. Lieutenant Governor Cadwallader Colden continued to battle the enemies ofBritish rule until his death during the American Revolution in 1776 at 88 years old.
Harvard University Bulletin
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Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Pages : 488
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Bibliographical Contributions
Author: William Coolidge Lane
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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