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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451848703321

Titolo

American Revolution [[electronic resource] ] : people and perspectives / / [edited] by Andrew K. Frank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif., : ABC-CLIO, 2008

ISBN

1-280-95626-7

9786610956265

1-85109-708-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Collana

Perspectives in American social history

Altri autori (Persone)

FrankAndrew <1970->

Disciplina

973.3/1

Soggetti

Electronic books.

United States History

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Social aspects

United States Social conditions To 1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Introduction; Introduction; About the Editor and Contributors; Chronology; 1 Independence on the Land: Small Farmers and the American Revolution; 2 An "Epidemical Fury of Emigration": The Flight of the Non-English into the Colonies on the Eve of the American Revolutionary War; 3 "Self-Evident Truths" on Trial: African Americans in the American Revolution; 4 "The Times Have Turned Everything Topside Down": Native Americans and the American Revolution; 5 Redcoats, Regulators, and the Rattletrap: The Backcountry Experience during the American Revolution

6 "Born in the Midst of Bloodshed and Battles": Children during the American Revolution7 "An Exceeding Dirty and Nasty People": Enlisted Men in the Continental Army; 8 "Both Parties Trembled for the Ark of God": Transatlantic Methodism and the American Revolution; 9 "This Time of Deep Affliction and Difficulty": The Society of Friends and the American Revolution; 10 A Sea of Rebellion: Maritime Workers in the Age of the American Revolution; 11 Ladies of Liberty: The Lives of Women during the American Revolution

12 "Allegiance to a Fall'n Lord": The Loyalist Experience in the American



RevolutionPrimary Documents; Reference; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

American Revolution looks at one of the most significant eras in American history through the eyes of its least famous, least studied citizens. It is an eye-opening collection of essays demonstrating how the wrenching transformation from English colonies to an emerging nation affected Americans from all walks of life.||American Revolution features the work of 14 accomplished social historians, whose findings are adding new dimensions to our understanding of the Revolutionary era. But some of the most fascinating contributions to this volume come from the people themselvesÑthe anecdotes, letter