Before the Melting Pot: Society and Culture in Colonial New York City, 1664-1730 9780691222981, 0691047944, 0691037876

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BEFORE THE MELTING POT

BEFORE THE MELTING POT SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN COLONIAL NEW YORK CITY, 1664-1730

JOTCED. GOODFRIEND

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY

Copyright © 1992 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, Chichester, West Sussex All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Goodfriend, Joyce D. Before the melting pot: society and culture in colonial New York City, 1664-1730 / Joyce D. Goodfriend. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-691-04794-4 ISBN 0-691-03787-6 (pbk.) 1. New York (N.Y.)—History—Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. 2. New York (N.Y.)—Ethnic relations. 3. Ethnicity—New York (N.Y.)—History. I. Title. F122.G643 1991 974.7'102—