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Author:

Herrmann, Rachel B., author.

Title:

No useless mouth : waging war and fighting hunger in the American Revolution / Rachel B. Herrmann.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

viii, 298 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American Revolution (1775-1783)
United States--Indians.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Indians.
United States--African Americans.--Revolution, 1775-1783--African Americans.
Food security--United States--History--18th century.
Food security--Nova Scotia--History--18th century.
Food security--Sierra Leone--History--18th century.
Indians of North America--History--History--18th century.
African Americans--History--History--18th century.
Nova Scotia--History--1763-1867.
Sierra Leone--History--To 1896.
African Americans.
Food security.
Indians.
Indians of North America--Food.
Nova Scotia.
Sierra Leone.
United States.
To 1896
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : why the fight against hunger mattered -- Hunger, accommodation, and violence in colonial America -- Iroquois food diplomacy in the revolutionary North -- Cherokee and Creek victual warfare in the revolutionary South -- Black victual warriors and hunger creation -- Fighting hunger, fearing violence after the Revolutionary War -- Learning from restrictive food laws in Nova Scotia -- Victual imperialism and U.S. Indian policy -- Black loyalist hunger prevention in Sierra Leone -- Conclusion : why native and black revolutionaries lost the fight.

Summary:

"Argues that Native American and formerly enslaved communities lost the fight against hunger because white officials in the United States, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone curtailed the abilities of men and women to fight hunger on their own terms"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1501716115
9781501716119

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1079855087

LCCN:

2018060505

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)