03177nam 2200613 a 450 991045188590332120200520144314.00-8147-6868-71-4356-0042-8(CKB)1000000000476557(EBL)865824(OCoLC)779828262(SSID)ssj0000257728(PQKBManifestationID)11939475(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257728(PQKBWorkID)10253599(PQKB)11402620(MiAaPQ)EBC865824(OCoLC)173511734(MdBmJHUP)muse10490(Au-PeEL)EBL865824(CaPaEBR)ebr10172669(EXLCZ)99100000000047655720061107d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThat ever loyal island[electronic resource] Staten Island and the American Revolution /Phillip PapasNew York New York University Pressc20071 online resource (197 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-6766-4 0-8147-6724-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-172) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Crossroads of the Middle Colonies: The People, Society, and Environment of Staten Island; 2. ""An Unfriendly Disposition Towards the Liberties of America": Staten Islanders and the Colonial Resistance Movement; 3. ""As the Tempest Approaches": Staten Island and the Whig Defense of New York City; 4. "Our Inveterate Enemies": Staten Islanders and the Arrival of the British Fleet at New York; The Price of Loyalty; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorOf crucial strategic importance to both the British and the Continental Army, Staten Island was, for a good part of the American Revolution, a bastion of Loyalist support. With its military and political significance, Staten Island provides rich terrain for Phillip Papas's illuminating case study of the local dimensions of the Revolutionary War. Papas traces Staten Island's political sympathies not to strong ties with Britain, but instead to local conditions that favored the status quo instead of revolutionary change. With a thriving agricultural economy, stable political structure, and strongStaten Island (New York, N.Y.)History, Military18th centuryStaten Island (New York, N.Y.)Social conditions18th centuryNew York (N.Y.)HistoryRevolution, 1775-1783CampaignsUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783CampaignsNew York (N.Y.)HistoryRevolution, 1775-1783Social aspectsUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783Social aspectsElectronic books.974.7/02Papas Phillip1026637MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451885903321That ever loyal island2441647UNINA