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Peaceable kingdom lost : the Paxton Boys and the destruction of William Penn's holy experiment / Kevin Kenny.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kenny, Kevin, 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Penn, William, 1644-1718.
- Philosophy.
- Culture conflict.
- History.
- Indians of North America.
- Vigilantes.
- Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Pennsylvania.
- Paxton Boys.
- Pennsylvania--Race relations--History--18th century.
- Race relations.
- Vigilantes--Pennsylvania--History--18th century.
- Indians of North America--Pennsylvania--History--18th century.
- Culture conflict--Pennsylvania--History.
- Penn, William, 1644-1718--Philosophy.
- Penn, William.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- 1 False Dawn
- 1 Newcomers 11
- 2 Settlers and Squatters 23
- 3 Expansion 31
- 4 Fraud 41
- 5 A Hunger for Land 50
- 2 Theatre of Bloodshed and Rapine
- 6 Braddock's Defeat 65
- 7 Pennsylvania Goes to War 76
- 8 Negotiations 83
- 9 Westward Journeys 92
- 10 Conquest 105
- 3 Zealots
- 11 Indian Uprising 115
- 12 Rangers 123
- 13 Conestoga Indiantown 130
- 14 Lancaster Workhouse 140
- 15 Panic in Philadelphia 147
- 4 A War of Words
- 16 The Declaration and Remonstrance 159
- 17 A Proper Spirit of Jealousy and Revenge 171
- 18 Christian White Savages 182
- 19 Under the Tyrant's Foot 192
- 5 Unraveling
- 20 Killers 205
- 21 Mercenaries 217
- 22 Revolutionaries 226.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195331509
- 0195331508
- OCLC:
- 245598485
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