A Factious People: Politics and Society in Colonial New York

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 a number of interest groups for whose support political leaders had to compete, resulting in new levels of democratic participation.

Author: Patricia U. Bonomi
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 01/29/2015
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780801456534

About the Author

Patricia U. Bonomi is Professor Emerita of History at New York University. She is the author of Under the Cope of Heaven: Religion, Society, and Politics in Colonial America and The Lord Cornbury Scandal: The Politics of Reputation in British America.