From Privileges to Rights connects the changing fortunes of tradesmen in early New York to the emergence of a conception of subjective rights that accompanied the transition to a republican and liberal order in eighteenth-century America.
Tradesmen in New Amsterdam occupied a distinct social position and, with varying levels of success, secured privileges such as a reasonable reward and the exclusion of strangers from their commerce. The struggle to maintain these privileges figured in the transition to English rule as well as Leisler's Rebellion. Using hitherto...
From Privileges to Rights connects the changing fortunes of tradesmen in early New York to the emergence of a conception of subjective r...
As a category of historical analysis, class is dead--or so it has been reported over the past two decades. The contributors to Class Matters contest this demise. Although differing in their approaches, they all agree that socioeconomic inequality remains indispensable to a true understanding of the transition from the early modern to modern era in North America and the rest of the Atlantic world. As a whole, they chart the emergence of class as a concept and its subsequent loss of analytic purchase in Anglo-American historiography.
The opening section considers the dynamics of...
As a category of historical analysis, class is dead--or so it has been reported over the past two decades. The contributors to Class Matters...
This brand new textbook expertly steers its readers through the often tumultuous and exhilarating history of America, from its early modern Native American origins through to twenty-first-century neoliberalism. Balancing coverage of political, social, cultural, and economic history, this highly readable text offers a compelling overview of America's development.
A Concise American History also provides multiple features to facilitate the exploration of this fascinating subject, including:
A unique international perspective avoids either celebratory...
This brand new textbook expertly steers its readers through the often tumultuous and exhilarating history of America, from its early modern Native ...
This brand new textbook expertly steers its readers through the often tumultuous and exhilarating history of America, from its early modern Native American origins through to twenty-first-century neoliberalism. Balancing coverage of political, social, cultural, and economic history, this highly readable text offers a compelling overview of America's development.
A Concise American History also provides multiple features to facilitate the exploration of this fascinating subject, including:
A unique international perspective avoids either celebratory...
This brand new textbook expertly steers its readers through the often tumultuous and exhilarating history of America, from its early modern Native ...