Who should rule at home? : confronting the elite in British New York City /
Joyce D. Goodfriend.
- Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
The pan-ethnic elite and the problem of cultural authority -- The indigestible Dutch -- The crystallization of an anti-Dutch narrative -- From nation to linguistic community -- Pious commoners -- George Whitefield awakens New Yorkers -- Becoming religious consumers -- Defiant dependents -- Master of the house? -- Attached to the household -- Sabotaging the civilizers -- Tipping the cultural scales.
9781501708046
2016039365
British--History--New York (State)--New York--18th century.