This is the biography of a wily Scots settler who arrived in New York in 1675 and became one of the colony's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. His career illustrates the growing breach between English and American approaches to political and administrative problems.Originally published in 1961.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Robert Livingston and the Politics of Colonial New York, 1654-1728 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)

History

Leder, Lawrence H.

Americas

Omohundro Institute and UNC Press

This is the biography of a wily Scots settler who arrived in New York in 1675 and became one of the colony's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. His career illustrates the growing breach between English and American approaches to political and administrative problems. Originally published in 1961. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Robert Livingston and the Politics of Colonial New York, 1654-1728 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

The University of North Carolina Press

In less than three hundred pages Lawrence H. Leder succinctly explains the origins of the United States. The explanation emphasizes political developments and includes clear discussions of complicated topics such as English government (national and local) in the seventeenth century, the relationship of church and state in Puritan Massachusetts Bay, and British imperial administration. More detailed and equally clear is the discussion of political developments in the new nation. The first half of the volume treats the years before 1763 where the necessary information on English background to discovery and colonization, exploration and settlement, and the conquest of other European possessions in North America are discussed. Despite their brief treatment, social and economic developments are related to political developments with remarkable success. In addition special effort is made to point out the changes in black slavery through the two centuries.

America, 1603-1789: Prelude to a Nation

Burgess Intl Group

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