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The politics of war : race, class, and conflict in revolutionary Virginia / Michael A. McDonnell.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDonnell, Michael A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Continental Army.
- Militia.
- History.
- Social conflict.
- Social classes.
- Social conditions.
- Race relations.
- Social aspects.
- Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects.
- Virginia.
- Virginia--Politics and government--1775-1783.
- Politics and government.
- Virginia--Race relations--History--18th century.
- Virginia--Social conditions--18th century.
- Social classes--Virginia--History--18th century.
- Social conflict--Virginia--History--18th century.
- United States--Militia--History--18th century.
- United States.
- United States. Continental Army--Mobilization.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 544 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- War often unites a society behind a common cause, but the notion of diverse populations all rallying together to fight on the same side disguises the complex social forces that come into play in the midst of perceived unity.
- Contents:
- Abbreviations and Short Titles xvii
- Part I The Ebullition of Patriotism
- 1 Mustering Patriotism: The Problem of Popular Mobilization, 1774-1775 19
- 2 Those Who Aim at Too Much: The Revolution Begins 49
- 3 Checking Wild Irregular Sallies: Patriot Leaders Reassert Control 75
- Part II Movements for Independence
- 4 Plebeian Infamy: The Minutemen and Their World 105
- 5 The Burning of Norfolk: Patriot Leaders Become Reluctant Revolutionaries 135
- 6 The Spirit of Levelling: Movements for Independence, January-May 1776 175
- 7 Revolutionary Settlement: Creating a New Government 216
- Part III The Limits of Allegiance
- 8 Fit for Common Service? Mobilization Problems, 1776-1777 247
- 9 The Politics of Lower-Class Draft Resistance, 1777-1778 281
- 10 Paralysis and Division, 1778-1780 315
- Part IV Revolution of Fools and Knaves
- 11 Revolutionary Demands: War Comes to the South 367
- 12 Asserting Fundamental Rights: Militia Service and Resistance, 1781 398
- 13 Defeat 435
- Toward the New Republic: The Revolutionary Legacy of the War for Independence 479.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807831085
- OCLC:
- 70219795
- Publisher Number:
- 9780807831083
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