LEADER 03294oam 2200469 450 001 9910778150803321 005 20170523091615.0 010 $a1-280-95626-7 010 $a9786610956265 010 $a1-85109-708-2 035 $a(OCoLC)173835006 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL3MFF 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000475435 100 $a20070306d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAmerican Revolution $epeople and perspectives /$fAndrew K. Frank, editor ; Peter C. Mancall, series editor 210 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. $cABC-CLIO$d2008 210 1$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$cABC-CLIO,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (xxxiv, 323 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aPerspectives in American social history 300 $aDescription based on print version record. 311 $a1-85109-703-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Revolution 327 $a6 "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 Revolution 327 $a12 "Allegiance to a Fall'n Lord": The Loyalist Experience in the American RevolutionPrimary Documents; Reference; Bibliography; Index 330 $aAmerican Revolution looks at one of the most significant eras in American history through the eyes of its least famous, least studied citizens. It is an eye-opening collection of essays demonstrating how the wrenching transformation from English colonies to an emerging nation affected Americans from all walks of life.||American Revolution features the work of 14 accomplished social historians, whose findings are adding new dimensions to our understanding of the Revolutionary era. But some of the most fascinating contributions to this volume come from the people themselvesN?the anecdotes, letter 410 0$aPerspectives in American social history. 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xSocial aspects 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$yTo 1865 676 $a973.3/1 702 $aFrank$b Andrew$f1970- 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778150803321 996 $aAmerican Revolution$93836758 997 $aUNINA