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A Rabble in Arms : Massachusetts Towns and Militiamen during King Philip's War.
While it lasted only sixteen months, King Philip's War (1675-1676) was arguably one of the most significant of the colonial wars that wracked early America. As the first major military crisis to directly strike one of the Empire's most important possessions: the Massachusetts Bay Colony, K...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Warfare & Culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | While it lasted only sixteen months, King Philip's War (1675-1676) was arguably one of the most significant of the colonial wars that wracked early America. As the first major military crisis to directly strike one of the Empire's most important possessions: the Massachusetts Bay Colony, King Philip's War marked the first time that Massachusetts had to mobilize mass numbers of ordinary, local men to fight. In this exhaustive social history and community study of Essex County, Massachusetts's militia, Kyle F. Zelner boldly challenges traditional interpretations of who was called to serve during. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (342 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814797464 0814797466 0814797342 9780814797341 0814797180 9780814797181 |