Landholding, Opportunity, and Mobility in Revolutionary New Jersey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3304422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dennis P Ryan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 571 |
| Publication date | 1979-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The William and Mary Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-5597 • E-ISSN: 1933-7698 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1925184 |
| OpenAlex | W2332432535 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
A MID the current surge of scholarly interest in the social history of early America the question of the dimensions of socioeconomic change during the American Revolutionary era remains to be resolved.' This deficiency is especially marked for the Middle Atlantic region in general and for New Jersey in particular.2 The present study examines the immediate impact of the Revolution on NewJersey, focusing on the structure of landholding in East New Jersey for the years I778-I789 and relating the distribution of land to levels of mobility and opportunity. The analysis principally concerns the 2,479 adult male inhabitants of six East Jersey
Political science · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · American History and Culture · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2023 (36) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |