The Politics of War : Race, Class, and Conflict in Revolutionary Virginia.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Maps -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- Introduction -- PART I: 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 II: 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 III: 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 IV: 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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