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Traders and Gentlefolk The Livingstons of New York, 1675-1790 by Cynthia A. Kierner Published by Cornell University Press Ithaca 1992 First Edition Hardcover Book/DJ Condition: AN/AN 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 283 pp; Including among their number a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the founder of an ironworks, the Livingstons were a prominent family in the political, economic, and social life of colonial New York. Drawing on a rich array of sources, she shows how New York's most successful traders became gentlefolk without abandoning their entrepreneurial values, how they forged a distinct culture, and how the Revolution ultimately occasioned the rejection of elite political authority. Book is new, ordered direct from distributor. No remainder marks. Retail price was written in pencil on end page but has since been erased. ISBN: 0801426383 Keywords: Biography,

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