Prologue : a community at war
"A colony of aliens" : diversity, politics, and war in pre-revolutionary Lancaster, Pennsylvania
"Divided we must inevitably fall" : war comes to Lancaster
"A dangerous set of people" : British captives and the making of revolutionary identity
"'Tis Britain alone that is our enemy" : German captives and the making of American identity
"Enemies of our peace" : captives, the disaffected, and the refinement of American patriotism
"The country is full of prisoners of war" : nationalism, resistance, and assimilation
Epilogue : the empty barracks.