Format:
Online-Ressource (xv, 325 p)
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ill., maps
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814797180
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9780814797181
Series Statement:
The warfare and culture series
Content:
While it lasted only sixteen months, King Philip's War (1675-1676) was arguably one of the most significant of the colonial wars that wracked early America. As the first major military crisis to directly strike one of the Empire's most important possessions: the Massachusetts Bay Colony, King Philip's War marked the first time that Massachusetts had to mobilize mass numbers of ordinary, local men to fight. In this exhaustive social history and community study of Essex County, Massachusetts's militia, Kyle F. Zelner boldly challenges traditional interpretations of who was called to serve during
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-311) and index
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Contents; List of Figures, Maps, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; A Note on Method; 1 "For the best ordering of the militia": English Military Precedent and the Early Massachusetts Bay Militia; 2 The Massachusetts Bay Militia and the Practice of Impressment during King Philip's War; 3 Many Men, Many Choices: Impressment in Essex County's Thriving Towns; 4 Few Men, Few Options: Impressment in Essex County's Small Towns; 5 The Pressed Men of Essex County: The Social Identity of the Soldiers of King Philip's War; 6 The Effects of Impressment: War and Peace in Essex County
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Afterword: The Military of Massachusetts Bay TransformedAppendix 1: The Soldiers of Essex County in King Philip's War, 1675-1676; Appendix 2: Rowley's 1662 Tax List: Ranked by Family with Soldiers' Families Highlighted; Appendix 3: Topsfield's 1668 Tax List: Ranked by Family with Soldiers' Families Highlighted; Appendix 4: An Examination of the Age of Essex County Soldiers and Officers in King Philip's War, 1675-1676; Appendix 5: The Occupations of the Soldiers of Essex County, 1675-1676; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Permissions; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I
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JK; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; About the Author;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814797181
Additional Edition:
Print version A Rabble in Arms : Massachusetts Towns and Militiamen during King Philip's War
Language:
English
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