The politics of war : race, class, and conflict in revolutionary Virginia / / Michael A. McDonnell
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| Autore: |
McDonnell Michael A.
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| Titolo: |
The politics of war : race, class, and conflict in revolutionary Virginia / / Michael A. McDonnell
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2007 |
| ©2007 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (565 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 975.5/03 |
| Soggetto topico: | Social classes - Virginia - History - 18th century |
| Social conflict - Virginia - History - 18th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Virginia History Revolution, 1775-1783 Social aspects |
| Virginia Politics and government 1775-1783 | |
| Virginia Race relations History 18th century | |
| Virginia Social conditions 18th century | |
| United States Militia History 18th century | |
| United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Social aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Maps; Abbreviations and Short Titles; Introduction; PART I: THE EBULLITION OF PATRIOTISM; 1 Mustering Patriotism: The Problem of Popular Mobilization, 1774-1775; 2 Those Who Aim at Too Much: The Revolution Begins; 3 Checking Wild Irregular Sallies: Patriot Leaders Reassert Control; PART II: MOVEMENTS FOR INDEPENDENCE; 4 Plebeian Infamy: The Minutemen and Their World; 5 The Burning of Norfolk: Patriot Leaders Become Reluctant Revolutionaries; 6 The Spirit of Levelling: Movements for Independence, January-May 1776 |
| 7 Revolutionary Settlement: Creating a New GovernmentPART III: THE LIMITS OF ALLEGIANCE; 8 Fit for Common Service? Mobilization Problems, 1776-1777; 9 The Politics of Lower-Class Draft Resistance, 1777-1778; 10 Paralysis and Division, 1778-1780; PART IV: REVOLUTION OF FOOLS AND KNAVES; 11 Revolutionary Demands: War Comes to the South; 12 Asserting Fundamental Rights: Militia Service and Resistance, 1781; 13 Defeat; Toward the New Republic: The Revolutionary Legacy of the War for Independence; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The politics of war |
| ISBN: | 0-8078-3904-3 |
| 1-4696-0107-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464329003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia