A Factious People

Author : Patricia U. Bonomi
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801455332
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Factious People written by Patricia U. Bonomi and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1971 and long out of print, this classic account of Colonial-era New York chronicles how the state was buffeted by political and sectional rivalries and by conflict arising from a wide diversity of ethnic and religious identities. New York’s highly volatile and contentious political life, Patricia U. Bonomi shows, gave rise to several interest groups for whose support political leaders had to compete, resulting in new levels of democratic participation.

Author : Christopher Hill
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1784786888
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Turbulent, Seditious and Factious People written by Christopher Hill and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preacher, soldier, rebel: Who was the author of Pilgrim’s Progress, one of the most influential books ever written? John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most important works of English literature. Translated into more than 200 languages, it once rivalled the Bible in popularity in the English-speaking world. In A Turbulent, Seditious and Factious People, Christopher Hill reassesses the well-known author to recover Bunyan’s significance as a preacher—a man whose nonconformist religion led him into conflict with the Quakers and resulted in long years of imprisonment. It was while confined that he wrote his most famous works. This classic biography by one of the leading historians of the seventeenth century offers an extraordinary insight into one of Britain’s most influential writers.

Author : George Crabb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1080 pages
Book Rating : 4.5K/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order written by George Crabb and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan Rogers
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520370228
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empire and Liberty written by Alan Rogers and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.

Author : Joanne Reitano
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136964428
Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Restless City written by Joanne Reitano and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Restless City: A Short History of New York from Colonial Times to the Present is a short, lively history of the world’s most exciting and diverse metropolis. It shows how New York’s perpetual struggles for power, wealth, and status exemplify the vigor, creativity, resilience, and influence of the nation’s premier urban center. The updated second edition includes nineteen images and brings the story right up through the mayoral election of 2009. In these pages are the stories of a broad cross-section of people and events that shaped the city, including mayors and moguls, women and workers, and policemen and poets. Joanne Reitano shows how New York has invigorated the American dream by confronting the fundamental economic, political, and social challenges that face every city. Energized by change, enriched by immigrants, and enlivened by provocative leaders, New York City’s restlessness has always been its greatest asset.

Author : Robert B Winans
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252050649
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Banjo Roots and Branches written by Robert B Winans and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the banjo's journey from Africa to the western hemisphere blends music, history, and a union of cultures. In Banjo Roots and Branches, Robert B. Winans presents cutting-edge scholarship that covers the instrument's West African origins and its adaptations and circulation in the Caribbean and United States. The contributors provide detailed ethnographic and technical research on gourd lutes and ekonting in Africa and the banza in Haiti while also investigating tuning practices and regional playing styles. Other essays place the instrument within the context of slavery, tell the stories of black banjoists, and shed light on the banjo's introduction into the African- and Anglo-American folk milieus. Wide-ranging and illustrated with twenty color images, Banjo Roots and Branches offers a wealth of new information to scholars of African American and folk musics as well as the worldwide community of banjo aficionados. Contributors: Greg C. Adams, Nick Bamber, Jim Dalton, George R. Gibson, Chuck Levy, Shlomo Pestcoe, Pete Ross, Tony Thomas, Saskia Willaert, and Robert B. Winans.

Author : Peter J. Galie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199995982
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New York State Constitution, Second Edition written by Peter J. Galie and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully updated new edition of The New York State Constitution provides an outstanding constitutional and historical account of the state's governing charter. In addition to an overview of New York's constitutional history, it provides an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing the many significant changes that have been made since its initial drafting. This treatment, along with a table of cases, index, and bibliography provides an unsurpassed reference guide for students, scholars, and practitioners of New York's constitution. The New York State Constitution provides ready access to material that will help scholars, judges, lawyers, students and the general public to understand the historical background to the New York Constitution, the intent of the framers, and the evolution and current meaning of its provisions. The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important series that reflects a renewed international interest in constitutional history and provides expert insight into each of the 50 state constitutions. Each volume in this innovative series contains a historical overview of the state's constitutional development, a section-by-section analysis of its current constitution, and a comprehensive guide to further research. Under the expert editorship of Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center on State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, this series provides essential reference tools for understanding state constitutional law. Books in the series can be purchased individually or as part of a complete set, giving readers unmatched access to these important political documents.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Edinburgh Annual Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Hill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Turbulent, Seditious, and Factious People written by Christopher Hill and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly acclaimed biography explores how John Bunyan's writings and personality were influenced by the turbulent times in which he lived. The book examines the reasons why The Pilgrim's Progress holds a unique place in popular literature, and sheds new light on the meaning it held for its original readers. Christopher Hill believes that we should not view Bunyan's works as timeless literary artefacts, but take account of the social, political, and religious forces that acted upon their author. He explores the impact on Bunyan of his humble origins, the revolution of the 1640s and his experience in the Parlimentary army, his twelve-year imprisonment, and his difficulties in writing under censorship and persecution. The Pilgrim's Progress, which soon became the world's best-seller, is shown to derive from Bunyan's personal experience of defeat. - back cover.

Author : Thomas Carlyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The people's edition of Thomas Carlyle's works. 37 vols. Wanting vol. 33-35 written by Thomas Carlyle and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: