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Dangerous guests : enemy captives and revolutionary communities during the War for Independence
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Dangerous guests : enemy captives and revolutionary communities during the War for Independence / Ken Miller.
ISBN
9780801450556 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801450551 (cloth : alk. paper)
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Physical Description
ix, 247 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 02, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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