LEADER 03177nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910451885903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-6868-7 010 $a1-4356-0042-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000476557 035 $a(EBL)865824 035 $a(OCoLC)779828262 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000257728 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11939475 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257728 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10253599 035 $a(PQKB)11402620 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865824 035 $a(OCoLC)173511734 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10490 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865824 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10172669 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000476557 100 $a20061107d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThat ever loyal island$b[electronic resource] $eStaten Island and the American Revolution /$fPhillip Papas 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (197 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-6766-4 311 $a0-8147-6724-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 151-172) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Author 330 $aOf 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 strong 607 $aStaten Island (New York, N.Y.)$xHistory, Military$y18th century 607 $aStaten Island (New York, N.Y.)$xSocial conditions$y18th century 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xCampaigns 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xCampaigns 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xSocial aspects 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xSocial aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a974.7/02 700 $aPapas$b Phillip$01026637 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451885903321 996 $aThat ever loyal island$92441647 997 $aUNINA