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UNINA9911105943903321 |
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Zelner Kyle F |
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Titolo |
A rabble in arms : Massachusetts towns and militiamen during King Philip's War / / Kyle F. Zelner |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (342 p.) |
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The warfare and culture series |
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King Philip's War, 1675-1676 |
Impressment - History |
Essex County (Mass.) History 17th century |
New England History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-311) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures, Maps, and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Note on Method -- 1 “For the best ordering of the militia” -- 2 The Massachusetts Bay Militia and the Practice of Impressment during King Philip’s War -- 3 Many Men, Many Choices -- 4 Few Men, Few Options -- 5 The Pressed Men of Essex County -- 6 The Effects of Impressment -- Afterword -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Permissions -- Index -- About the Author |
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While it lasted only sixteen months, King Philip’s War (1675-1676) was arguably one of the most significant of the colonial wars that wracked early America. As the first major military crisis to directly strike one of the Empire’s most important possessions: the Massachusetts Bay Colony, King Philip’s War marked the first time that Massachusetts had to mobilize mass numbers of ordinary, local men to fight. In this exhaustive social history and community study of Essex County, Massachusetts’s militia, Kyle F. Zelner boldly challenges traditional interpretations of who was called to serve during this period.Drawing on muster and pay lists as well as countless historical records, Zelner demonstrates that Essex County’s more upstanding citizens were often |
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spared from impressments, while the “rabble” — criminals, drunkards, the poor— were forced to join active fighting units, with town militia committees selecting soldiers who would be least missed should they die in action. Enhanced by illustrations and maps, A Rabble in Arms shows that, despite heroic illusions of a universal military obligation, town fathers, to damaging effects, often placed local and personal interests above colonial military concerns. |
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UNINA9911119002603321 |
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Autore |
Maltempo Vincenzo <1985-, > |
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Lo strano caso di Charles Valentin Alkan : vita e musica di un genio dimenticato / / Vincenzo Maltempo |
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Descrizione fisica |
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463 pages : illustrations |
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Alkan, Charles-Valentin - Criticism and interpretation |
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Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888), composer, and pianist. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-455) and index. |
Discography: pages 457-459. |
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Sulla musica di Charles Valentin Alkan è calato gradualmente, fin da quando egli era ancora in vita, un impietoso velo di silenzio che solo in tempi recenti sta per essere sollevato del tutto. L'intento di questo libro, il primo di questo genere in Italia, è quello di offrire attraverso una biografia e l'analisi di tutta la produzione musicale di Alkan le conoscenze necessarie per avviare un appassionante percorso di riscoperta, ma soprattutto per aprire ad ulteriori ricerche e per innescare un dibattito più consapevole. |
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