TY - BOOK AU - Fox,Dixon Ryan TI - The Decline of Aristocracy in the Politics of New York T2 - Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law SN - 9780231932905 PY - 1919///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Foreword --; Table of Contents --; Illustrations --; I. The Few, the Rich, and the Well Born --; II. Politics and Prejudice throughout the Countryside --; III. Rulers Deposed --; IV. New Methods and a Victory --; V. Landholders' Principles --; VI. Mr. Madison's War --; VII. Clinton, Divider of Parties --; VIII. Property or People? --; IX. Old Comrades and New Banners --; X. Manufacturing Becomes Respectable --; XI. Political Distraction --; XII. Tom, Dick and Harry Take a Hand --; XIII. Two Views of Vested Rights --; XIV. Who Were the Whigs? --; Appendix( to Chapter IV) --; Index; restricted access N2 - Attempts to penetrate beneath the laws and party platforms to provide explanations of the decline of the aristocracy in New York during the first half of the 18th century.  Begins in 1801 and looks at issues affecting the city of New York and its countryside UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/fox-93290 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780231892964.jpg ER -