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03244aam a2200505 i 4500 001 610DB616875711E9A56C064497128E48 003 SILO 005 20190605010028 008 181001s2019 pauab b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018045832 020 $a 0812251261 020 $a 9780812251265 035 $a (OCoLC)1052875126 040 $a PU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d PAU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E263.P4 $b S85 2019 082 00 $a 974.8/1103 $2 23 100 1 $a Sullivan, Aaron, $d 1982- $e author. 245 14 $a The disaffected : $b Britain's occupation of Philadelphia during the American Revolution / $c Aaron Sullivan. 264 1 $a Philadelphia : $b University of Pennsylvania Press, $c [2019] 300 $a vi, 296 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Early American studies 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Aaron Sullivan explores the British occupation of Philadelphia, chronicling the experiences of a group of people who were pursued, pressured, and at times persecuted, not because they chose the wrong side of the Revolution but because they tried not to choose a side at all. For these people, the war was neither a glorious cause to be won nor an unnatural rebellion to be suppressed, but a dangerous and costly calamity to be navigated with care. Both the Patriots and the British referred to this group as "the disaffected," perceiving correctly that their defining feature was less loyalty to than a lack of support for either side in the dispute, and denounced them as opportunistic, apathetic, or even treasonous. Sullivan shows how Revolutionary authorities embraced desperate measures in their quest to secure their own legitimacy, suppressing speech, controlling commerce, and mandating military service. In 1778, without the Patriots firing a shot, the king's army abandoned Philadelphia and the perceived threat from neutrals began to declineâas did the coercive and intolerant practices of the Revolutionary regime.-- $c Provided by publisher. 611 27 $a American Revolution (1775-1783) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01351668 611 27 $a Philadelphia Campaign (1777-1778) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01060583 651 0 $a Philadelphia (Pa.) $x History $y Revolution, 1775-1783. 651 0 $a Philadelphia (Pa.) $x Conscientious objectors. $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $x Conscientious objectors. 650 0 $a Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778. 651 0 $a United States $x Social aspects. $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $x Social aspects. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1775-1783. 650 7 $a Conscientious objectors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00875431 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01354981 651 7 $a Pennsylvania $z Philadelphia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204170 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1775-1783 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Early American studies. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317025822.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190605015015.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=610DB616875711E9A56C064497128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search