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America Goes to War : A Social History of the Continental Army /
One of the images Americans hold most dear is that of the drum-beating, fire-eating Yankee Doodle Dandy rebel, overpowering his British adversaries through sheer grit and determination. The myth of the classless, independence-minded farmer or hard-working artisan-turned-soldier is deeply ingrained i...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
New York University Press,
[1995]
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| Colección: | The American Social Experience ;
26 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Prologue
- ONE. Few Had the Appearance of Soldiers: The Social Origins of the Continental Line
- TWO. The Most Audacious Rascals Existing: The Irish in the Continental Army
- THREE. A True Pell-Mell of Human Souls: The Germans in the Continental Army
- FOUR. Changing One Master for Another: Black Soldiers in the Continental Army
- FIVE. Scalp Bounties and Truck Houses: The Struggle for Indian Allies in the Revolution
- SIX. To Get as Much for My Skin as I Could: The Soldier as Wage Laborer
- SEVEN. Running Through the Line Like Wildfire: Resistance, Punishment, Desertion, and Mutiny in the Continental Army
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index