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Autore |
Herrmann Rachel B. |
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Titolo |
No Useless Mouth : Waging War and Fighting Hunger in the American Revolution / / Rachel B. Herrmann |
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Cornell University Press, 2019 |
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Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2019 |
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©2019 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 298 pages) |
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Collana |
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Cornell scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Food - History - 18th century |
Indians of North America - Food - History - 18th century |
Food security - Sierra Leone - History - 18th century |
Food security - Nova Scotia - History - 18th century |
Food security - United States - History - 18th century |
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Sierra Leone History To 1896 |
Nova Scotia History 1763-1867 |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 African Americans |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Indians |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2019. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Argues that Native American and formerly enslaved communities lost the fight against hunger because white officials in the United States, |
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