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Of "good Laws" and "good Men"

Law and Society in the Delaware Valley, 1680-1710

By: William McEnery Offutt

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Of "good Laws" and "good Men"

Law and Society in the Delaware Valley, 1680-1710

By: William McEnery Offutt

Of "Good Laws" and "Good Men" reveals how a Quaker minority in the Delaware Valley used the law to its own advantage yet maintained the legitimacy of its rule. William Offutt, Jr., places legal processes at the center of this region's social history. The new societies established there in the late 1600s did not rely on religious conformity, culture, or a simple majority to develop successfully, Offutt maintains. Rather, they succeeded because of the implementation of reforms that gave the expanding population faith in the legitimacy of legal processes introduced by a Quaker elite. Offutt's painstaking investigation of the records of more than 2,000 civil and 1,100 criminal cases in four county courts over a thirty-year period shows that Quakers - the "Good Men" - were disproportionately represented as justices, officers, and jurors in this system of "Good Laws" they had established, and that they fared better than did the rest of the population in dealing with it.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252021525

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Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775-1776

By: William McEnery Offutt

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Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775-1776

By: William McEnery Offutt

Part of the "Reacting to the Past "series, "Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775-76 "draws students into the political and social chaos of a revolutionary New York City, where Patriot and Loyalist forces argued and fought for advantage among a divided populace. " " " "Students engage with the ideological foundations of revolution and government through close readings of Locke, Paine, and other contemporary arguments. Each student's ultimate victory goal is to have his/her side in control of New York City at the end of 1776 (not as of the end of the Revolution, when all know who won), as well as to achieve certain individual goals (e.g., slaves can attain freedom, propertied women can be granted voting rights, laborers can make deals for land). Winning requires the ability to master the high politics arguments for and against revolution as well as the low political skills of logrolling, bribery, and threatened force. Military force often determines the winner, much to the surprise of the students who concentrated merely on internal game politics.

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Prentice Hall

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0205785794

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Top Sergeant

The Life and Times of Sergeant Major of the Army William G. Bainbridge

By: William G. Bainbridge,Dan Cragg

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Top Sergeant

The Life and Times of Sergeant Major of the Army William G. Bainbridge

By: William G. Bainbridge,Dan Cragg

In a military career spanning more than three decades, Bill Bainbridge saw service in three wars, fought in two of them, and was captured in one. He received ten Good Conduct Medals, two awards of the Combat Infantry Badge, three Army Commendation Medals, and the Distinguished Service Medal, among others. But the greatest moment in his career came when he was selected to be Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army, its highest NCO position, an office he was the first to hold for four years. But Bainbridge's most important job in his illustrious career was tending to the welfare of his soldiers. Top Sergeant is all about doing what a good sergeant does best -- attending to the needs of his men -- and what it takes to be a great noncommissioned officer in an army that officers are proud to command but NCOs really run.

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Fawcett

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0804107580

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9780804107587

Of "good Laws" and "good Men"

Law and Society in the Delaware Valley, 1680-1710

By: William McEnery Offutt

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Law and Society in the Delaware Valley, 1680-1710

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Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775-1776

By: William McEnery Offutt

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Of "good Laws" and "good Men"

Of "good Laws" and "good Men"

Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775-1776

Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775-1776

Top Sergeant

Top Sergeant

Of "good Laws" and "good Men"

Of "good Laws" and "good Men"

Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775-1776

Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775-1776

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