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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32550145 Title: America goes to war : a social history of the Continental Army Author: Charles Patrick Neimeyer Publisher: New York : New York University Press, ©1996. ISBN/ISSN: 0814757804 9780814757802 0814757820 9780814757826 OCLC:32550145

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America goes to war : a social history of the Continental Army

Author:	Charles Patrick Neimeyer
Publisher:	New York : New York University Press, ©1996.
Series:	American social experience series, 32.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Neimeyer for the first time reveals who really served in the army during the Revolution and why. His conclusions are startling. The long-termed Continental soldiers were not those whom historians have traditionally associated with the defense of liberty.
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Subjects	United States. -- Continental Army. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects. Social aspects. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	History
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Charles Patrick Neimeyer Find more information about:
ISBN:	0814757804 9780814757802 0814757820 9780814757826
OCLC Number:	32550145
Description:	xvi, 244 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:	Prologue -- 1. Few Had the Appearance of Soldiers: The Social Origins of the Continental Line -- 2. The Most Audacious Rascals Existing: The Irish in the continental Army -- 3. A True Pell-Mell of Human souls: The Germans in the Continental Army -- 4. Changing One Master for Another: Black soldiers in the Continental Army -- 5. Scalp Bounties and Truck Houses: The Struggle for Indian allies in the Revolution -- 6. To Get as Much for My Skin as I could: The Solder as Wage Laborer -- 7. Running Through the Line Like Wildfire: Resistance, Punishment, Desertion, and Mutiny in the Continental Army -- Conclusion.
Series Title:	American social experience series, 32.
Responsibility:	Charles Patrick Neimeyer.
More information:	Book review (H-Net) Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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