No useless mouth : waging war and fighting hunger in the American Revolution /

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"Argues that Native American and formerly enslaved communities lost the fight against hunger because white officials in the United States, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone curtailed the abilities of men and women to fight hunger on their own terms"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herrmann, Rachel B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Temas:
To 1896
Food security > United States > History > 18th century.
Food security > Nova Scotia > History > 18th century.
Food security > Sierra Leone > History > 18th century.
Indians of North America > Food > History > 18th century.
African Americans > Food > History > 18th century.
Sécurité alimentaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Sécurité alimentaire > Nouvelle-Écosse > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Sécurité alimentaire > Sierra Leone > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Noirs américains > Alimentation > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > United States.
HISTORY / Military / United States
African Americans
Food security
Indians
Indians of North America > Food
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Indians.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > African Americans.
Nova Scotia > History > 1763-1867.
Sierra Leone > History > To 1896.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Peuples autochtones.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Noirs américains.
Sierra Leone > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1896.
Nova Scotia
Sierra Leone
United States
hunger, food, diplomacy, enslaved people, victual warfare, victual imperialism.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : why the fight against hunger mattered
  • Power rising. Hunger, accommodation, and violence in colonial America
  • Iroquois food diplomacy in the revolutionary North
  • Cherokee and Creek victual warfare in the revolutionary South
  • Power in flux. Black victual warriors and hunger creation
  • Fighting hunger, fearing violence after the Revolutionary War
  • Learning from food laws in Nova Scotia
  • Power waning. Victual imperialism and U.S. Indian policy
  • Black loyalist hunger prevention in Sierra Leone
  • Conclusion : why native and black revolutionaries lost the fight.

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