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Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution /
"Between 1819 and 1845, as veterans of the Revolutionary War were filing applications to receive pensions for their service, the government was surprised to learn that many of the soldiers were not men, but boys, many of whom were under the age of sixteen, and some even as young as nine. In Boy...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Cox, Caroline, |d 1954-2014, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution / |c Caroline Cox ; with a foreword by Robert Middlekauff. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Chapel Hill : |b The University of North Carolina Press, |c [2016] | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2016 | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©[2016] | |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: As well as I can recollect -- Answer the purpose -- A strong desire to enlist -- My father caused me to enlist -- He took his father's place -- Fellow citizens. | |
| 520 | |a "Between 1819 and 1845, as veterans of the Revolutionary War were filing applications to receive pensions for their service, the government was surprised to learn that many of the soldiers were not men, but boys, many of whom were under the age of sixteen, and some even as young as nine. In Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution, Caroline Cox reconstructs the lives and stories of this young subset of early American soldiers, focusing on how these boys came to join the army and what they actually did in service. Giving us a rich and unique glimpse into colonial childhood, Cox traces the evolution of youth in American culture in the late eighteenth century, as the accepted age for children to participate meaningfully in society--not only in the military--was rising dramatically"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 546 | |a English. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Children |x Social life and customs. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00855148 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Child soldiers. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00854677 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Military participation |x Juvenile. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01353736 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a HISTORY |z United States |x Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a HISTORY |z United States |x State & Local |x General. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Enfants |z États-Unis |x Moeurs et coutumes |y 18e siecle. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Enfants soldats |z États-Unis |x Histoire |y 18e siecle. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Children |z United States |x Social life and customs |y 18th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Child soldiers |z United States |x History |y 18th century. | |
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| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x History |y Revolution, 1775-1783 |x Participation, Juvenile. | |
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