| Description |
xix, 426 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
1. Carracks and Canoes -- 2. Commerce and Colonization -- 3. The Stamp of Peter Stuyvesant -- 4. The Anglo-Dutch Proprietary -- 5. Politics and the Perils of Instability -- 6. Anglicization and Social Change -- 7. Economic Growth and Problems of Intergroup Relations -- 8. Political Changes and Constitutional Challenges -- 9. Sects and the State in a Secular Society -- 10. A Utilitarian Culture and the Uses of Leisure -- 11. Expansion, Urbanization, and the Problem of Community -- 12. War, Trade, and Empire -- 13. "Liberty and Property": From Resistance to Independence. |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1975, in series: A history of the American colonies. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-409) and index. |
| Subject |
New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
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| ISBN |
0195107799 paperback |
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9780195107791 paperback |
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