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The Flower And Rabble Of Essex County: A Social History Of The Massachusetts Bay Militia And Militiamen During King Philip's War, 1675-1676, Kyle Forbes Zelner
The Flower And Rabble Of Essex County: A Social History Of The Massachusetts Bay Militia And Militiamen During King Philip's War, 1675-1676, Kyle Forbes Zelner
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This study examines the process of recruitment and the social makeup of militiamen in seventeenth-century New England. King Philip's War, 1675--1676, was the first major military crisis the Massachusetts Bay Colony faced. The government responded by impressing over a thousand men, employing a recruitment system that evolved from the colony's founding in the 1630s. The Massachusetts militia system was a hybrid of the English militia with additional safeguards. The founders of Massachusetts believed the English militia of the 1620s overly nationalistic, at the expense of local control. Thus, the Massachusetts system was created to be centralized in command, but local …
Food Fight! America's Ideological Battle Over Lunch, Julie Lynn Lautenschlager
Food Fight! America's Ideological Battle Over Lunch, Julie Lynn Lautenschlager
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The history of organized feeding programs in American workplaces and schools reveals a complex tale of coordinated efforts toward the goal of altering individual eating habits. A secondary benefit of this process accrues when that individual spreads the influence of new ideas to others. Working both in concert and isolation, various interests including both individuals and organizations, have attempted to alter the eating habits of their subjects toward the goals of increased Americanization, socialization, or productivity. their efforts have shaped the role of lunch in modern American food ideology. This dissertation examines that process, its major players, and effects beginning …
Washington In Glory, America In Tears: The Nation Mourns The Death Of George Washington, 1799-1800, Gerald Edward Kahler
Washington In Glory, America In Tears: The Nation Mourns The Death Of George Washington, 1799-1800, Gerald Edward Kahler
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The sudden death of George Washington at his home at Mount Vernon, Virginia, on December 14, 1799, plunged America into a prolonged period of national mourning. It is the central argument of this study that, although often overlooked by historians, the national mourning for George Washington from December 14, 1799 through February 22, 1800, represented a major event in the civic culture of the Early Republic that consolidated and crystallized the image of Washington and shaped him into an enduring symbol of the nation that was to become central to the American memory. The study compiles a comprehensive history of …
Performing Race: Instances Of Color Representation In American Culture, Katrin L. Adkins
Performing Race: Instances Of Color Representation In American Culture, Katrin L. Adkins
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Interminority Relations In The Early 1990s In California: Conflicts Among African-Americans, Latinos, And Asian-Americans, Akiko Yamazato
Interminority Relations In The Early 1990s In California: Conflicts Among African-Americans, Latinos, And Asian-Americans, Akiko Yamazato
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Colonial Williamsburg's Slave Auction Re-Enactment: Controversy, African American History And Public Memory, Erin Krutko Devlin
Colonial Williamsburg's Slave Auction Re-Enactment: Controversy, African American History And Public Memory, Erin Krutko Devlin
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No abstract provided.
Unrapping The Gangsta: The Changing Role Of The Performer From Toast To Gangsta Rap, Andrea L. D. Symons
Unrapping The Gangsta: The Changing Role Of The Performer From Toast To Gangsta Rap, Andrea L. D. Symons
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Saints And Soldiers Of Humanity: Mormons And Icarians In Nauvoo, Sarah Jaggi Lee
Saints And Soldiers Of Humanity: Mormons And Icarians In Nauvoo, Sarah Jaggi Lee
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No abstract provided.