Reluctant revolutionaries : New York City and the road to independence, 1763-1776 /
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 t...
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| 言語: | 英語 |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press
1997.
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| オンライン･アクセス: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv1nhqm3 |
目次:
- The Stamp Act crisis, 1763-1766. New York City on the eve of the first crisis ; The onset of conflict ; The Stamp Act ; The aftermath
- The Townshend Acts crisis, 1766-1773. Conflict anew ; Urban politics and the imperial crisis ; "Liberty and trade"
- Revolution and independence, 1773- 1776. The Tea Act and the coercive acts ; Whigs and tories ; Empire and liberty ; Independence
- Epilogue: The demise of Colonial New York City.