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A people in revolution: the American Revolution and political society in New York, 1760-1790

Countryman, Edward.

Year: 1989, c1981.

Publisher: W.W. Norton.

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Frontmatter

Preface to the Norton Edition

Preface

Acknowledgments

I The Waning of an Old Order, 1760-1775

1 The Pains of Development

2 Riots in the Streets and Fields

3 A Political System in Decay

II The Revolutionary Crisis, 1774-1782

4 Rebels, Royalists, and Frightened Men

5 The Rending of New York

6 Defining the New Order

III The Making of a Partisan Culture, 1777-1788

7 The Conservative Retreat, 1777-1782

8 The Radical Ascendancy, 1781-1786

9 The Rise of Conservative Nationalism, 1784-1788

IV Conclusion

10 The Revolutionary Transformation

Appendices

Appendix 1 Fifty Thousand Choices: A Note on Quantitative Method

Appendix 2 The Structure of the State Legislature, 1777-1788

Notes

Index

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Title:

A people in revolution : the American Revolution and political society in New York, 1760-1790 Edward Countryman.

Author:

Countryman, Edward

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A people in revolution : the American Revolution and political society in New York, 1760-1790 Edward Countryman.
Countryman, Edward
New York: W.W. Norton, 1989, c1981.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00089

Subject Headings:

• New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865
• New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783

Notes:

• Reprint. Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. (Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 99th ser., 2) With new pref.
• Includes index.
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