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1 online resource (xviii, 544 pages) : maps. |
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monochrome |
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text file |
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Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
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Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- PART 1. 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 2. 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 government -- PART 3. 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 4. 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. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Continental Army -- Mobilization.
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United States. Continental Army. |
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American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) |
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Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects.
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Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
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Virginia. |
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Politics and government. |
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1775-1783 |
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Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century.
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Race relations. |
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History. |
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18th century |
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Virginia -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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Social conditions. |
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Social classes -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.
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Social classes. |
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Social conflict -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.
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Social conflict. |
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United States -- Militia -- History -- 18th century.
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United States. |
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Militia. |
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects.
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McDonnell, Michael A. Politics of war. Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2006020158 (OCoLC)70219795 |
| ISBN |
9781469601076 (electronic book) |
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1469601079 (electronic book) |
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0807831085 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807831083 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807871553 |
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0807871559 |
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