The politics of war : race, class, and conflict in revolutionary Virginia /

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"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. Michael A. McDonnell uses the Revolution in Virginia to examine the p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McDonnell, Michael A.
Autor Corporativo: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, ©2007.
Colección:Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Temas:
United States. > Continental Army > Mobilization.
United States. > Continental Army
Förenta Staterna. > Army > mobilisering.
1700-1799
Social classes > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Social conflict > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Classes sociales > Virginie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Social aspects
Armed Forces > Mobilization
Militia
Politics and government
Race relations
Social classes
Social conditions
Social conflict
Sociala klasser > historia > Virginia > 1700-talet.
Nordamerikanska frihetskriget 1775-1783 > sociala aspekter.
Virginia > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Social aspects.
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.
Virginie > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Aspect social.
Virginie > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1783.
Virginie > Relations raciales > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Virginie > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
États-Unis > Milice > Histoire > 18e siècle.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Aspect social.
United States
Virginia
Virginia > historia > sociala aspekter > 1775-1783.
Virginia > politik och förvaltning > 1775-1783.
Virginia > rasrelationer > historia > 1700-talet.
Virginia > sociala förhållanden > 1700-talet.
Förenta staterna > militärhistoria > 1700-talet.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • PART 1. 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 2. 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 government
  • PART 3. 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 4. 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.

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