LEADER 03843nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910820777803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-2271-7 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814722718 035 $a(CKB)2550000000056844 035 $a(EBL)865370 035 $a(OCoLC)758362461 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606658 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11391783 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606658 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10581782 035 $a(PQKB)10472491 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323762 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865370 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4881 035 $a(DE-B1597)546993 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814722718 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000056844 100 $a20110718d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRustic warriors $ewarfare and the provincial soldier on the New England frontier, 1689-1748 /$fSteven C. Eames 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 225 0 $aWarfare and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8147-2270-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Maps --$tPreface and Acknowledgments --$tIntroduction: The New England Provincial Soldier --$t1. The Initiation of War and the New England Military System --$t2. Garrisons --$t3. Provincial Forts --$t4. Scouts --$t5. Expeditions --$t6. Stores of War --$t7. Recruiting --$t8. Officers --$t9. Battle Drill and Fighting Spirit --$t10. Battle Experience --$t11. The Wounds of War --$tAfterword --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aThe early French Wars (1689-1748) in North America saw provincial soldiers, or British white settlers, in Massachusetts and New Hampshire fight against New France and her Native American allies with minimal involvement from England. Most British officers and government officials viewed the colonial soldiers as ill-disciplined, unprofessional, and incompetent: General John Forbes called them ?a gathering from the scum of the worst people.? Taking issue with historians who have criticized provincial soldiers? battlefield style, strategy, and conduct, Steven Eames demonstrates that what developed in early New England was in fact a unique way of war that selectively blended elements of European military strategy, frontier fighting, and native American warfare. This new form of warfare responded to and influenced the particular challenges, terrain, and demography of early New England. Drawing upon a wealth of primary materials on King William?s War, Queen Anne?s War, Dummer?s War, and King George?s War, Eames offers a bottom-up view of how war was conducted and how war was experienced in this particular period and place. Throughout Rustic Warriors, he uses early New England culture as a staging ground from which to better understand the ways in which New Englanders waged war, as well as to provide a fuller picture of the differences between provincial, French, and Native American approaches to war. 410 0$aWarfare & Culture 517 3 $aWarfare and the provincial soldier on the New England frontier, 1689-1748 606 $aNew Englanders$xWarfare 606 $aSoldiers$zNew England$xHistory 607 $aNew England$xHistory$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775 607 $aNew England$xHistory, Military 615 0$aNew Englanders$xWarfare. 615 0$aSoldiers$xHistory. 676 $a974/.02 700 $aEames$b Steven C.$f1954-$01759726 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820777803321 996 $aRustic warriors$94198361 997 $aUNINA