| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 185 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-172) and index. |
| Contents |
The crossroads of the middle colonies: the people, society, and environment of Staten Island -- "An unfriendly disposition towards the liberties of America": Staten Islanders and the colonial resistance movement -- "As the tempest approaches": Staten Island and the whig defense of New York City -- "Our inveterate enemies": Staten Islanders and the arrival of the British fleet at New York -- The price of loyalty. |
| Summary |
Of 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) -- History, Military -- 18th century.
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Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns.
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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects.
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American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Military history.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Papas, Phillip. That ever loyal island. New York : New York University Press, ©2007 9780814767245 0814767249 (DLC) 2006036581 (OCoLC)76167098 |
| ISBN |
9781435600423 (electronic book) |
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1435600428 (electronic book) |
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9780814767245 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0814767249 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780814768686 |
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0814768687 |
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