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Autore: | Herrmann Rachel B. |
Titolo: | No Useless Mouth : Waging War and Fighting Hunger in the American Revolution / / Rachel B. Herrmann |
Pubblicazione: | Cornell University Press, 2019 |
Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2019 | |
©2019 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (viii, 298 pages) |
Disciplina: | 973.3 |
Soggetto topico: | African Americans - Food - History - 18th century |
Indians of North America - Food - History - 18th century | |
Food security - Sierra Leone - History - 18th century | |
Food security - Nova Scotia - History - 18th century | |
Food security - United States - History - 18th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | Sierra Leone History To 1896 |
Nova Scotia History 1763-1867 | |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 African Americans | |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Indians | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato: | hunger, food, diplomacy, enslaved people, victual warfare, victual imperialism |
Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2019. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction : why the fight against hunger mattered -- Hunger, accommodation, and violence in colonial America -- Iroquois food diplomacy in the revolutionary North -- Cherokee and Creek victual warfare in the revolutionary South -- Black victual warriors and hunger creation -- Fighting hunger, fearing violence after the Revolutionary War -- Learning from restrictive food laws in Nova Scotia -- Victual imperialism and U.S. Indian policy -- Black loyalist hunger prevention in Sierra Leone -- Conclusion : why native and black revolutionaries lost the fight. |
Sommario/riassunto: | "Argues that Native American and formerly enslaved communities lost the fight against hunger because white officials in the United States, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone curtailed the abilities of men and women to fight hunger on their own terms"-- |
Titolo autorizzato: | No Useless Mouth |
ISBN: | 1-5017-1613-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910524681903321 |
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