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Title:

War & society in the American Revolution : mobilization and home fronts / John Resch and Walter Sargent, editors ; introduction by John Shy.

Publisher:

Northern Illinois University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

viii, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Social aspects.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects.
United States--History--History--18th century.
United States.--Continental Army--Mobilization.
Soldiers--United States--History--18th century.
États-Unis.--Continental Army--Mobilisation.
Militaires--États-Unis--Histoire--18e siècle.
États-Unis--Aspect social.--1775-1783 (Révolution)--Aspect social.
États-Unis--Histoire--Histoire--18e siècle.
Amerikaanse Vrijheidsoorlog.
Sociale aspecten.
Verenigde Staten.

Other Authors:

Resch, John Phillips.
Sargent, Walter (Walter L.)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

"Town born, turn out" : town militias, Tories, and the struggle for control of the Massachusetts backcountry / Charles Neimeyer -- The Massachusetts rank and file of 1777 / Walter Sargent -- The Revolution as a people's war : mobilization in New Hampshire / John Resch -- "Fit for common service?" : class, race, and recruitment in Revolutionary Virginia / Michael A. McDonnell -- Claiming their due : African Americans in the Revolutionary War and its aftermath / Judith L. Van Buskirk -- Restraint and retaliation : the North Carolina militias and the backcountry war of 1780-1782 / Wayne E. Lee -- Incompatible allies : loyalists, slaves, and Indians in Revolutionary South Carolina / Jim Piecuch -- The dilemmas of alliance : the Oneida Indian nation in the American Revolution / Karim M. Tiro -- Wives, concubines, and community : following the army / Holly A. Mayer -- "We bear the yoke with a reluctant impatience" : the War for Independence and Virginia's displaced women / Joan R. Gunderson -- Changing meanings of the American Revolution : an overview, 1789-2006 / John Resch, Walter Sargent.

ISBN:

9780875806143 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0875806147 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780875803661 (library edition : alk. paper)
0875803660 (library edition : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)69027606

LCCN:

2006014234

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)