| Description |
xvi, 346 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Perspectives on the American Revolution |
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Perspectives on the American Revolution.
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| Note |
Essays originally presented at a symposium in Washington, D.C., Mar. 18-19, 1982 under the sponsorship of the United States Capitol Historical Society and the Institute of Early American History and Culture. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Independence, improvement, and authority: toward a framework for understanding the histories of the Southern backcountry during the era of the American Revolution / Jack P. Greene -- Frontier planters and the American Revolution: the South Carolina backcountry, 1775-1782 / Rachel N. Klein -- "The violent spirit", the reestablishment of order, and the continuity of leadership in post-revolutionary South Carolina / Robert M. Weir -- Whig authority and public order in backcountry North Carolina, 1776-1783 / A. Roger Ekirch -- Liberty Men and Loyalists: disorder and disaffection in the North Carolina backcountry / Jeffrey J. Crow -- Trouble in the backcountry: disaffection in southwest Virginia during the American Revolution / Emory G. Evans -- The political response to social conflict in the Southern backcountry: a comparative view of Virginia and the Carolinas during the revolution / Richard R. Beeman -- "but brothers, it is our land we are talking about": winners and losers in the Georgia backcountry / Edward J. Cashin -- The rise of the Western members: revolutionary politics and the Georgia backcountry / Harvey H. Jackson -- Lowcountry, backcountry: a view of Georgia in the American revolution / W.W. Abbot. |
| Subject |
Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Hoffman, Ronald, 1941-2018
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Tate, Thad W.
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Albert, Peter J.
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United States Capitol Historical Society.
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Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
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| ISBN |
081391051X |
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