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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.
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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
606   $aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)$2bisacsh
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
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