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Wild Yankees the struggle for independence along Pennsylvania's revolutionary frontier
Title:
Wild Yankees the struggle for independence along Pennsylvania's revolutionary frontier
Author:
Moyer, Paul Benjamin, 1970-
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Publication Information:
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Physical Description:
xvi, 216 p. : maps, ports.
General Note:
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--College of William and Mary, 1999.
Contents:
Introduction : a farmer's revolution -- "Among quarrelsome Yankees, insidious Indians, and lonely wilds" : natives, colonists, and the Wyoming controversy -- "A great many wrangling disputes" : authority, allegiance, property, and the frontier war for independence -- "A dangerous combination of villains" : the social context of agrarian resistance -- "All the difficulties of forming a new settlement" : frontier migration, land speculation, and settler insurgency -- "A perfect union with the people" : cultures of resistance along the revolutionary frontier -- "Poor and ignorant but industrious settlers" : frontier development and the path to accommodation -- "Artful deceivers" : Yankee notables and the resolution of the Wyoming controversy -- Epilogue : closing the revolutionary frontier.
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Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| F157 .W9 M75 2007 | 1071105-1001 | Ebook Central | Searching... |
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