From Privileges to Rights: Work and Politics in Colonial New York City (Early American Studies) by Middleton, Simon

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0812239156 . Light highlighting to the text body of a few pages. Minor rubbing to DJ. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. Minor crease to rear DJ flap. ; Early American Studies; 306 pages .

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x0x9. First edition. An exceptional copy. 2006 Hard Cover. [x], 306 pp. Winner of the 2004 Hendricks Award from the New Netherland Institute, and the 2007 British Association of American Studies Book Prize. 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 unexamined records from the New York City Mayor's Court, Simon Middleton also demonstrates that, rather than merely mastering skilled… Read More

Pennsylvania: The University of Pennsylvania Press. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 170mm (9" x 7"). 306pp. .

University of Pennsylvania Press , pp. 320 . Hardback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, 2006. Hardcover. New. 320 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches.

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Hardback. New. 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.

University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006-03-03. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!