Steven J Rosswurm

Arms, Country, and Class

The Philadelphia Militia and the Lower Sort During the American Revolution

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In 1949 and 1950, the Congress of Industrial Organizations expelled many left-wing unions, representing 750,000 workers, because they were supposedly Communist-dominated. This collection of previously unpublished essays explores the history of those eleven left-led unions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780813514727
• ISBN-10: 081351472X
• Artikelnr.: 21850100

Autorenporträt

Steve Rosswurm is an associate professor of history at Lake Forest College and the author of Arms, Country, and Class: The Philadelphia Militia and the "Lower Sort" During the American Revolution (Rutgers University Press).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part 1: The militia and the two revolutions, 1765 to 1776. The "lower sort"
and the resistance movement ; Equality deferred : the militia's struggle
for equitable articles of association ; Revolution
Part 2: Equality and patriotism, 1776 to 1779. The militia in the field :
an unequal burden ; The militia at home ; The militia in the streets
Part 3: Equality denied : the militia's retreat, 1779 to 1783. Fort Wilson
: victory in defeat ; The triumph of common sense
Conclusion
Appendix