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Quarters : The Accommodation of the British Army and the Coming of the American Revolution /

"Examines both quartering British soldiers in America and how this led to the American Revolution and how debates that ensued shaped Americans' notions of military power and place. A transnational history that includes Canada and the Caribbean"--

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: McCurdy, John Gilbert, 1972- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : the importance of place in the age of Atlantic revolutions
  • Houses : the rise of domestic privacy
  • Barracks : constructing a colonial military infrastructure
  • Empire : drafting and implementing the Quartering Act
  • Borderland : Native Americans, soldiers, and colonists in the backcountry
  • Cities and towns : accommodation and eviction of the British Army
  • Nation : American armies and the march toward independence
  • Epilogue : the Third Amendment and the shadow of quartering