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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- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Penn, William, 1644-1718--Philosophy.
- Penn, William.
- Paxton Boys.
- Pennsylvania--Race relations--History--18th century.
- Pennsylvania.
- Vigilantes--Pennsylvania--History--18th century.
- Vigilantes.
- Indians of North America--Pennsylvania--History--18th century.
- Indians of North America.
- Culture conflict--Pennsylvania--History.
- Culture conflict.
- Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- William Penn established Pennsylvania in 1682 as a 'holy experiment' in which Europeans and Indians could live together in harmony. In this book, historian Kevin Kenny explains how this Peaceable Kingdom--benevolent, Quaker, pacifist--gradually disintegrated in the eighteenth century, with disastrous consequences for Native Americans.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; ONE: FALSE DAWN; TWO: THEATRE OF BLOODSHED AND RAPINE; THREE: ZEALOTS; FOUR: A WAR OF WORDS; FIVE: UNRAVELING; Appendix: Identifying the Conestoga Indians and the Paxton Boys; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771530-3
- 0-19-975852-2
- 1-282-32831-X
- 9786612328312
- 0-19-973445-3
- OCLC:
- 463299235
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