Title: These daring disturbers of the public peace
Description: During the century preceding the American Revolution, bitter conflicts raged in New Jersey over control of the land tenure system. This book examines how the struggle between yeoman farmers and landed gentry shaped public life in the colony. At once a cultural, political, and social history, it carefully delineates the beliefs of rioters and upholders of order, both of whom wanted control over land.
Subjects: Right of property, Violence, Land tenure, Social conflict, Social conditions, History, New jersey, history, New jersey, politics and government, New jersey, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Places: New Jersey
Time periods: 18th century, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775