The Lord Cornbury Scandal

The Lord Cornbury Scandal

Author: Patricia U. Bonomi

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2000-02-01

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780807848692

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The portrait of a viscount in women's clothing from the colonial government of New York addresses the climate of political corruption, conspiracy, slander, and rumormongering prevalent in his times. Also addressed are the postwar American Whig tendencies to completely discount colonial benevolence and well-kept provincial politics in favor of scorn and derision of the British colonial government.


New York at War

New York at War

Author: Steven H Jaffe

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2012-04-10

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 0465029701

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Stretching from the colonial era to 9/11 and beyond, New York at War is that most rare of books: a work of history that is at once local and international, timely and timeless. Bringing a unique lens to bear on the world's most celebrated and contested city, Jaffe reveals the unimaginable ways the city has changed -- and how it has stubbornly endured -- under threats both external and internal.