Goodfriend, Joyce D.,

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.


Electronic Books.

F128 / .W467 2017