New York City During the War for Independence With Special Reference to the Period of British Occupation / Oscar Theodore Barck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barck, Oscar Theodore, author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 357

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1931]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A history of New York City's involvement in the American Revolution, which held a strategic position that made it the objective of both British and American armies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Introduction

Contents

Chapter I. The City on the Eve of the Revolution

Chapter II. War Comes to a Peaceful City

Chapter III. Keeping Peace in the War-Time City

Chapter IV. The Physical Welfare of the War-Time Population

Chapter V. Food and Fuel

Chapter VI. Commerce and Business

Chapter VII. The Press and Public Opinion

Chapter VIII. Churches and Schools

Chapter IX. War-Time Diversions

Chapter X. The Military Cooperation of the Loyalists

Chapter XI. Exodus of the Loyalists and Return of the Americans

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88726-4

OCLC:

1100432687