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The politics of war : race, class, and conflict in revolutionary Virginia / Michael A. McDonnell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDonnell, Michael A., author.
- Series:
- Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Continental Army--Mobilization.
- United States.
- Social classes--Virginia--History--18th century.
- Social classes.
- Social conflict--Virginia--History--18th century.
- Social conflict.
- Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects.
- Virginia.
- Virginia--Politics and government--1775-1783.
- Virginia--Race relations--History--18th century.
- Virginia--Social conditions--18th century.
- United States--Militia--History--18th century.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (565 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Maps; Abbreviations and Short Titles; Introduction; PART I: 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 II: 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 GovernmentPART III: 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 IV: 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908753-4-1
- 979-88-908753-5-8
- 0-8078-3904-3
- 1-4696-0107-9
- OCLC:
- 966885142
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