| A People's Army: Massachusetts Soldiers and Society in the Seven Years' War Contributor(s): Anderson, Fred (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807845760 ISBN-13: 9780807845769 Publisher: Omohundro Institute and University of North C OUR PRICE: $40.38 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1996 Annotation: A People's Army documents the many distinctions between British regulars and Massachusetts provincial troops during the Seven Years' War. The provincials' own accounts of their experiences in the campaign amplify statistical profiles that define the men, both as civilians and as soldiers. These writings reveal in intimate detail their misadventures, the drudgery of soldiering, the imminence of death and the providential world view that helped reconcile them to their condition and to the war. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 973.2 |
| LCCN: 84002344 |
| Series: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.02" W x 9.04" (0.97 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A People's Army documents the many distinctions between British regulars and Massachusetts provincial troops during the Seven Years' War. Originally published by UNC Press in 1984, the book was the first investigation of colonial military life to give equal attention to official records and to the diaries and other writings of the common soldier. The provincials' own accounts of their experiences in the campaign amplify statistical profiles that define the men, both as civilians and as soldiers. These writings reveal in intimate detail their misadventures, the drudgery of soldiering, the imminence of death, and the providential world view that helped reconcile them to their condition and to the war. |
Contributor Bio(s): Anderson, Fred: - Fred Anderson is professor of history at the University of Colorado at Boulder. |