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
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:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Förenta Staterna. > Army > mobilisering.
United States. > Continental Army.
United States. > Continental Army > Mobilization.
Nordamerikanska frihetskriget 1775-1783 > sociala aspekter.
Sociala klasser > historia > Virginia > 1700-talet.
Social conflict.
Social conditions.
Social classes.
Race relations.
Politics and government.
Militia.
Armed Forces > Mobilization.
Social aspects.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Classes sociales > Virginie > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Social conflict > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Social classes > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Förenta staterna > militärhistoria > 1700-talet.
Virginia > sociala förhållanden > 1700-talet.
Virginia > rasrelationer > historia > 1700-talet.
Virginia > politik och förvaltning > 1775-1783.
Virginia > historia > sociala aspekter > 1775-1783.
Virginia.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution) > Aspect social.
États-Unis > Milice > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Virginie > Conditions sociales > 18e siecle.
Virginie > Relations raciales > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Virginie > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1783.
Virginie > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution) > Aspect social.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Social aspects.
United States > Militia > History > 18th century.
Virginia > Social conditions > 18th century.
Virginia > Race relations > History > 18th century.
Virginia > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
Virginia > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Social aspects.
History.
Electronic books.
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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