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Citizens more than soldiers : the Kentucky militia and society in the early republic /
Historians depict nineteenth-century militiamen as drunken buffoons who poked each other with cornstalk weapons, and inevitably shot their commander in the backside. This book demonstrates that, to the contrary, militia remained an active civil institution in early nineteenth century, affecting era&...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Studies in war, society, and the military.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Historians depict nineteenth-century militiamen as drunken buffoons who poked each other with cornstalk weapons, and inevitably shot their commander in the backside. This book demonstrates that, to the contrary, militia remained an active civil institution in early nineteenth century, affecting era's social, political, and economic transitions. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 216 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-210) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780803213951 0803213956 1281092274 9781281092274 9786611092276 6611092277 |