Author: Lawrence H. Leder
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807838624
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
This is the biography of a wily Scots settler who arrived in New York in 1675 and became one of the colony's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. His career illustrates the growing breach between English and American approaches to political and administrative problems. Originally published in 1961. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Robert Livingston and the Politics of Colonial New York, 1654-1728
Author: Lawrence H. Leder
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807838624
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
This is the biography of a wily Scots settler who arrived in New York in 1675 and became one of the colony's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. His career illustrates the growing breach between English and American approaches to political and administrative problems. Originally published in 1961. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807838624
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
This is the biography of a wily Scots settler who arrived in New York in 1675 and became one of the colony's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. His career illustrates the growing breach between English and American approaches to political and administrative problems. Originally published in 1961. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
The Documentary History of the State of New-York
Author: Edmund B. O'Callaghan
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1336
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1336
Book Description
The Documentary History of the State of New York
Author: Christopher Morgan
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 810
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Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton
Author: Alexander Hamilton
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231089463
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
Although deconstruction has become a popular catchword, as an intellectual movement it has never entirely caught on within the university. For some in the academy, deconstruction, and Jacques Derrida in particular, are responsible for the demise of accountability in the study of literature. Countering these facile dismissals of Derrida and deconstruction, Herman Rapaport explores the incoherence that has plagued critical theory since the 1960s and the resulting legitimacy crisis in the humanities. Against the backdrop of a rich, informed discussion of Derrida's writings -- and how they have been misconstrued by critics and admirers alike -- The Theory Mess investigates the vicissitudes of Anglo-American criticism over the past thirty years and proposes some possibilities for reform.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231089463
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
Although deconstruction has become a popular catchword, as an intellectual movement it has never entirely caught on within the university. For some in the academy, deconstruction, and Jacques Derrida in particular, are responsible for the demise of accountability in the study of literature. Countering these facile dismissals of Derrida and deconstruction, Herman Rapaport explores the incoherence that has plagued critical theory since the 1960s and the resulting legitimacy crisis in the humanities. Against the backdrop of a rich, informed discussion of Derrida's writings -- and how they have been misconstrued by critics and admirers alike -- The Theory Mess investigates the vicissitudes of Anglo-American criticism over the past thirty years and proposes some possibilities for reform.
Robert Livingston, 1654-1728
Author: Lawrence H. Leder
Publisher: Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press
ISBN:
Category : Founding Fathers of the United States
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Publisher: Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press
ISBN:
Category : Founding Fathers of the United States
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Author: Oliver Lorenzo Barbour
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Reports of Cases in Law and Equity Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Author: Oliver Lorenzo Barbour
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Columbia County at the End of the Century
Author:
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Category : Columbia County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Category : Columbia County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
A Group of Great Lawyers of Columbia County, New York
Author: Peyton Farrell Miller
Publisher:
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Category : Columbia County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Publisher:
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Category : Columbia County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Traders and Gentlefolk
Author: Cynthia A. Kierner
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 150173153X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
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 four generations of Livingstons and sheds new light on the development of both the elite ideology they represented and of the wider culture of early America. Although New York's colonial elite have been considered self-interested political intriguers, Kierner contends that the Livingstons idealized gentility and public-spiritedness, industry and morality. She shows how New York's most successful traders became gentlefolk without abandoning their entrepreneurial values, how they forged a distinct culture, and how the Revolution ultimately occasioned the rejection of elite political authority. Traders and Gentlefolk focuses on the lives of four members of the family: Robert Livingston, a Scottish emigrant who, with his wife Alida Schuyler, attained substantial political influence and acquired Livingston Manor; their son Philip, whose outstanding commercial talents secured his descendants' financial security; Philip's son, William, an outspoken civic leader and energetic supporter of American independence; and Robert R. Livingston, a jurist and diplomat whose aristocratic temperament prevented him from playing a vital role in post-Revolutionary politics.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 150173153X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
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 four generations of Livingstons and sheds new light on the development of both the elite ideology they represented and of the wider culture of early America. Although New York's colonial elite have been considered self-interested political intriguers, Kierner contends that the Livingstons idealized gentility and public-spiritedness, industry and morality. She shows how New York's most successful traders became gentlefolk without abandoning their entrepreneurial values, how they forged a distinct culture, and how the Revolution ultimately occasioned the rejection of elite political authority. Traders and Gentlefolk focuses on the lives of four members of the family: Robert Livingston, a Scottish emigrant who, with his wife Alida Schuyler, attained substantial political influence and acquired Livingston Manor; their son Philip, whose outstanding commercial talents secured his descendants' financial security; Philip's son, William, an outspoken civic leader and energetic supporter of American independence; and Robert R. Livingston, a jurist and diplomat whose aristocratic temperament prevented him from playing a vital role in post-Revolutionary politics.