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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464329003321

Autore

McDonnell Michael A.

Titolo

The politics of war : race, class, and conflict in revolutionary Virginia / / Michael A. McDonnell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

0-8078-3904-3

1-4696-0107-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (565 p.)

Collana

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia

Disciplina

975.5/03

Soggetti

Social classes - Virginia - History - 18th century

Social conflict - Virginia - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

Virginia History Revolution, 1775-1783 Social aspects

Virginia Politics and government 1775-1783

Virginia Race relations History 18th century

Virginia Social conditions 18th century

United States Militia History 18th century

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Maps; Abbreviations and Short Titles; Introduction; PART I: THE EBULLITION OF PATRIOTISM; 1 Mustering Patriotism: The Problem of Popular Mobilization, 1774-1775; 2 Those Who Aim at Too Much: The Revolution Begins; 3 Checking Wild Irregular Sallies: Patriot Leaders Reassert Control; PART II: MOVEMENTS FOR INDEPENDENCE; 4 Plebeian Infamy: The Minutemen and Their World; 5 The Burning of Norfolk: Patriot Leaders Become Reluctant Revolutionaries; 6 The Spirit of Levelling: Movements for Independence, January-May 1776

7 Revolutionary Settlement: Creating a New GovernmentPART III: THE



LIMITS OF ALLEGIANCE; 8 Fit for Common Service? Mobilization Problems, 1776-1777; 9 The Politics of Lower-Class Draft Resistance, 1777-1778; 10 Paralysis and Division, 1778-1780; PART IV: REVOLUTION OF FOOLS AND KNAVES; 11 Revolutionary Demands: War Comes to the South; 12 Asserting Fundamental Rights: Militia Service and Resistance, 1781; 13 Defeat; Toward the New Republic: The Revolutionary Legacy of the War for Independence; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z