03294oam 2200469 450 991077815080332120170523091615.01-280-95626-797866109562651-85109-708-2(OCoLC)173835006(MiFhGG)GVRL3MFF(EXLCZ)99100000000047543520070306d2008 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrAmerican Revolution people and perspectives /Andrew K. Frank, editor ; Peter C. Mancall, series editorSanta Barbara, Calif. ABC-CLIO2008Santa Barbara, Calif. :ABC-CLIO,2008.1 online resource (xxxiv, 323 pages) illustrationsPerspectives in American social historyDescription based on print version record.1-85109-703-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Revolution6 "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 Revolution12 "Allegiance to a Fall'n Lord": The Loyalist Experience in the American RevolutionPrimary Documents; Reference; Bibliography; IndexAmerican 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, letterPerspectives in American social history.United StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783Social aspectsUnited StatesSocial conditionsTo 1865973.3/1Frank Andrew1970-MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910778150803321American Revolution3836758UNINA