LEADER 04186nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910780975603321 005 20230721024932.0 010 $a0-8147-9746-6 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814797464 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007957 035 $a(EBL)866137 035 $a(OCoLC)779828436 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000486874 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11328721 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486874 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10442026 035 $a(PQKB)10861669 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323640 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866137 035 $a(OCoLC)646885684 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10180 035 $a(DE-B1597)548443 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814797464 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL866137 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354088 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007957 100 $a20081027d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA rabble in arms$b[electronic resource] $eMassachusetts towns and militiamen during King Philip's War /$fKyle F. Zelner 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (342 p.) 225 1 $aThe warfare and culture series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-9734-2 311 $a0-8147-9718-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 297-311) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Figures, Maps, and Tables -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tA Note on Method -- $t1 ?For the best ordering of the militia? -- $t2 The Massachusetts Bay Militia and the Practice of Impressment during King Philip?s War -- $t3 Many Men, Many Choices -- $t4 Few Men, Few Options -- $t5 The Pressed Men of Essex County -- $t6 The Effects of Impressment -- $tAfterword -- $tAppendix 1 -- $tAppendix 2 -- $tAppendix 3 -- $tAppendix 4 -- $tAppendix 5 -- $tAbbreviations Used in the Notes -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tPermissions -- $tIndex -- $tAbout the Author 330 $aWhile it lasted only sixteen months, King Philip?s War (1675-1676) was arguably one of the most significant of the colonial wars that wracked early America. As the first major military crisis to directly strike one of the Empire?s most important possessions: the Massachusetts Bay Colony, King Philip?s War marked the first time that Massachusetts had to mobilize mass numbers of ordinary, local men to fight. In this exhaustive social history and community study of Essex County, Massachusetts?s militia, Kyle F. Zelner boldly challenges traditional interpretations of who was called to serve during this period.Drawing on muster and pay lists as well as countless historical records, Zelner demonstrates that Essex County?s more upstanding citizens were often spared from impressments, while the ?rabble? ? criminals, drunkards, the poor? were forced to join active fighting units, with town militia committees selecting soldiers who would be least missed should they die in action. Enhanced by illustrations and maps, A Rabble in Arms shows that, despite heroic illusions of a universal military obligation, town fathers, to damaging effects, often placed local and personal interests above colonial military concerns. 410 0$aWarfare and culture series. 606 $aKing Philip's War, 1675-1676 606 $aImpressment$xHistory 607 $aEssex County (Mass.)$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aNew England$xHistory$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775 610 $aKyle. 610 $aZelner. 610 $aboldly. 610 $acalled. 610 $achallenges. 610 $aduring. 610 $ainterpretations. 610 $aperiod. 610 $aserve. 610 $athis. 610 $atraditional. 615 0$aKing Philip's War, 1675-1676. 615 0$aImpressment$xHistory. 676 $a973.2/4 700 $aZelner$b Kyle F$01562917 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780975603321 996 $aA rabble in arms$93830928 997 $aUNINA