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- Release Year
- 2010
- Book Title
- A Rabble in Arms: Massachusetts Towns and Militiamen during Ki...
- ISBN
- 9780814797341
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
New York University Press
ISBN-10
0814797342
ISBN-13
9780814797341
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108933386
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
340 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Rabble in Arms : Massachusetts Towns and Militiamen During King Philip's War
Publication Year
2010
Subject
United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), United States / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Series
Warfare and Culture Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
17.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Reviews
Zelners meticulously researched A Rabble in Arms provides an important corrective to an accepted narrative about democratic egalitarianism in New England towns. Indeed, Zelners findings on the social composition of armed forces, rural democracy and localism in colonial New England correspond with modern works on popular and political culture in early-modern England, as well as Revolutionary and early-national America., All in all, this is an impressive deconstruction of the populist historical view of colonial militias as a group of citizen soldiers and willing volunteers; it ably demonstrates how far the personal interests of elite groups could be placed above genuine military needs of a conflict with often devastatingly damaging outcomes., "Zelner provides a valuable corrective to longstanding assumptions and misunderstandings about the English soldiery in King Philip's War while shedding new light on the powers and values of the elites of the town militia committees....[He] has fundamentally altered the discussion."- New England Quarterly "Zelner has done meticulous research on the social composition of the Essex men who went to war in -1675. He has done a model job of mining sources to show the complexity of social and economic forces at work in raising military expeditions in Essex County." The Journal of Military History "A carefully researched account of how and why certain men from Essex County, MA, were chosen to fight in King Philip's War." Choice "Rock-solid research, cleanly presented, answers for one corner of early New England The timeless question: Who serves, fights, and dies? for all the scholarly attention lavished on that part of American history, Zelner is the first to discover the truth." John Shy, author of A People Numerous and Armed "Zelner's meticulously researched A Rabble in Arms provides an important corrective to an accepted narrative about democratic egalitarianism in New England towns. Indeed, Zelner's findings on the social composition of armed forces, rural democracy and localism in colonial New England correspond with modern works on popular and political culture in early-modern England, As well as Revolutionary and early-national America." Guy Chet, author of Conquering the American Wilderness, A carefully researched account of how and why certain men from Essex County, MA, were chosen to fight in King Philip's War., "Rock-solid research, cleanly presented, answers for one corner of early New England the timeless question: Who serves, fights, and dies? For all the scholarly attention lavished on that part of American history, Zelner is the first to discover the truth." - John Shy, author of A People Numerous and Armed, "Zelner has done meticulous research on the social composition of the Essex men who went to war in 1675-76. He has done a model job of mining sources to show the complexity of social and economic forces at work in raising military expeditions in Essex County." - The Journal of Military History, Zelner has done meticulous research on the social composition of the Essex men who went to war in 1675-76. He has done a model job of mining sources to show the complexity of social and economic forces at work in raising military expeditions in Essex County., "Zelner provides a valuable corrective to longstanding assumptions and misunderstandings about the English soldiery in King Philip's War while shedding new light on the powers and values of the elites of the town militia committeese.[He] has fundamentally altered the discussion." - New England Quarterly ,, "A carefully researched account of how and why certain men from Essex County, MA, were chosen to fight in King Philip's War." - Choice ,, Zelner's meticulously researchedA Rabble in Arms - Guy Chet, author ofConquering the American Wilderness|9780814797341|, "Zelner has done meticulous research on the social composition of the Essex men who went to war in 1675-76. He has done a model job of mining sources to show the complexity of social and economic forces at work in raising military expeditions in Essex County." - The Journal of Military History ,, "A carefully researched account of how and why certain men from Essex County, MA, were chosen to fight in King Philip's War." - Choice, "Zelner's meticulously researched A Rabble in Arms provides an important corrective to an accepted narrative about democratic egalitarianism in New England towns. Indeed, Zelner's findings on the social composition of armed forces, rural democracy and localism in colonial New England correspond with modern works on popular and political culture in early-modern England, as well as Revolutionary and early-national America." - Guy Chet, author of Conquering the American Wilderness, "Rock-solid research, cleanly presented, answers for one corner of early New England the timeless question: Who serves, fights, and dies? For all the scholarly attention lavished on that part of American history, Zelner is the first to discover the truth." -John Shy,author of A People Numerous and Armed, "Zelner has done meticulous research on the social composition of the Essex men who went to war in 1675-76. He has done a model job of mining sources to show the complexity of social and economic forces at work in raising military expeditions in Essex County." -The Journal of Military History, "Zelner provides a valuable corrective to longstanding assumptions and misunderstandings about the English soldiery in King Philip's War while shedding new light on the powers and values of the elites of the town militia committees....[He] has fundamentally altered the discussion."-New England Quarterly"Zelner has done meticulous research on the social composition of the Essex men who went to war in -1675. He has done a model job of mining sources to show the complexity of social and economic forces at work in raising military expeditions in Essex County."The Journal of Military History"A carefully researched account of how and why certain men from Essex County, MA, were chosen to fight in King Philip's War."Choice"Rock-solid research, cleanly presented, answers for one corner of early New England the timeless question: Who serves, fights, and dies? For all the scholarly attention lavished on that part of American history, Zelner is the first to discover the truth." John Shy, author ofA People Numerous and Armed"Zelner's meticulously researchedA Rabble in Armsprovides an important corrective to an accepted narrative about democratic egalitarianism in New England towns. Indeed, Zelner's findings on the social composition of armed forces, rural democracy and localism in colonial New England correspond with modern works on popular and political culture in early-modern England, as well as Revolutionary and early-national America." Guy Chet, author ofConquering the American Wilderness, "Zelner's meticulously researched A Rabble in Arms provides an important corrective to an accepted narrative about democratic egalitarianism in New England towns. Indeed, Zelner's findings on the social composition of armed forces, rural democracy and localism in colonial New England correspond with modern works on popular and political culture in early-modern England, as well as Revolutionary and early-national America." - Guy Chet, author ofConquering the American Wilderness, "Zelner provides a valuable corrective to longstanding assumptions and misunderstandings about the English soldiery in King Philip's War while shedding new light on the powers and values of the elites of the town militia committees….[He] has fundamentally altered the discussion." - New England Quarterly ,, "Zelner provides a valuable corrective to longstanding assumptions and misunderstandings about the English soldiery in King Philip's War while shedding new light on the powers and values of the elites of the town militia committees....[He] has fundamentally altered the discussion." - New England Quarterly ,, "A carefully researched account of how and why certain men from Essex County, MA, were chosen to fight in King Philip's War." -Choice, "Zelner provides a valuable corrective to longstanding assumptions and misunderstandings about the English soldiery in King Philip's War while shedding new light on the powers and values of the elites of the town militia committees....[He] has fundamentally altered the discussion." - New England Quarterly, "Zelner's meticulously researched A Rabble in Arms provides an important corrective to an accepted narrative about democratic egalitarianism in New England towns. Indeed, Zelner's findings on the social composition of armed forces, rural democracy and localism in colonial New England correspond with modern works on popular and political culture in early-modern England, as well as Revolutionary and early-national America." -Guy Chet,author of Conquering the American Wilderness, Zelner provides a valuable corrective to longstanding assumptions and misunderstandings about the English soldiery in King Philip's War while shedding new light on the powers and values of the elites of the town militia committees .[He] has fundamentally altered the discussion., "Zelner provides a valuable corrective to longstanding assumptions and misunderstandings about the English soldiery in King Philip's War while shedding new light on the powers and values of the elites of the town militia committees....[He] has fundamentally altered the discussion." -New England Quarterly, Rock-solid research, cleanly presented, answers for one corner of early New England the timeless question: Who serves, fights, and dies? For all the scholarly attention lavished on that part of American history, Zelner is the first to discover the truth., Zelner provides a valuable corrective to longstanding assumptions and misunderstandings about the English soldiery in King Philip's War while shedding new light on the powers and values of the elites of the town militia committees....[He] has fundamentally altered the discussion., "All in all, this is an impressive deconstruction of the populist historical view of colonial militias as a group of citizen soldiers and willing volunteers; it ably demonstrates how far the personal interests of elite groups could be placed above genuine military needs of a conflict with often devastatingly damaging outcomes."-H-Net Reviews,
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
22
Series Volume Number
5
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
973.2/4
Table Of Content
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction A Note on Method 1 "For the best ordering of the militia": English Military Precedent and the Early Massachusetts Bay Militia 2 The Massachusetts Bay Militia and the Practice of Impressment during King Philip's War 3 Many Men, Many Choices: Impressment in Essex County's Thriving Towns 4 Few Men, Few Options: Impressment in Essex County's Small Towns 5 The Pressed Men of Essex County: The Social Identity of the Soldiers of King Philip's War 6 The Effects of Impressment: War and Peace in Essex County Afterword: Military of Massachusetts Bay Transformed Appendix 1: The Soldiers of Essex County in King Philip's War Appendix 2: Rowley's 1662 Tax List: Ranked by Family with Soldiers' Families Highlighted Appendix 3: Topsfield's 1668 Tax List: Ranked by Family with Soldiers' Families Highlighted Appendix 4: An Examination of the Age of Essex County Soldiers and Officers in King Philip's War Appendix 5: The Occupations of the Soldiers of Essex County Abbreviations Used in Notes Notes Selected Bibliography Permissions Index About the Author
Synopsis
While it lasted only sixteen months, King Philip's War (1675-1676) was arguably one of the most significant of the colonial wars that wracked early America. As the first major military crisis to directly strike one of the Empire's most important possessions: the Massachusetts Bay Colony, King Philip's War marked the first time that Massachusetts had to mobilize mass numbers of ordinary, local men to fight. In this exhaustive social history and community study of Essex County, Massachusetts's militia, Kyle F. Zelner boldly challenges traditional interpretations of who was called to serve during this period. Drawing on muster and pay lists as well as countless historical records, Zelner demonstrates that Essex County's more upstanding citizens were often spared from impressments, while the "rabble" --criminals, drunkards, the poor--were forced to join active fighting units, with town militia committees selecting soldiers who would be least missed should they die in action. Enhanced by illustrations and maps, A Rabble in Arms shows that, despite heroic illusions of a universal military obligation, town fathers, to damaging effects, often placed local and personal interests above colonial military concerns., While it lasted only sixteen months, King Philip's War (1675-1676) was arguably one of the most significant of the colonial wars that wracked early America. As the first major military crisis to directly strike one of the Empire's most important possessions: the Massachusetts Bay Colony, King Philip's War marked the first time that Massachusetts had to mobilize mass numbers of ordinary, local men to fight. In this exhaustive social history and community study of Essex County, Massachusetts's militia, Kyle F. Zelner boldly challenges traditional interpretations of who was called to serve during this period. Drawing on muster and pay lists as well as countless historical records, Zelner demonstrates that Essex County's more upstanding citizens were often spared from impressments, while the "rabble" -- criminals, drunkards, the poor-- were forced to join active fighting units, with town militia committees selecting soldiers who would be least missed should they die in action. Enhanced by illustrations and maps, A Rabble in Arms shows that, despite heroic illusions of a universal military obligation, town fathers, to damaging effects, often placed local and personal interests above colonial military concerns., While it lasted only sixteen months, King Philip's War (1675-1676) was arguably one of the most significant of the colonial wars that wracked early America. As the first major military crisis to directly strike one of the Empire's most important possessions: the Massachusetts Bay Colony, King Philip's War marked the first time that Massachusetts had to mobilize mass numbers of ordinary, local men to fight. In this exhaustive social history and community study of Essex County, Massachusetts's militia, Kyle F. Zelner boldly challenges traditional interpretations of who was called to serve during this period. Drawing on muster and pay lists as well as countless historical records, Zelner demonstrates that Essex County's more upstanding citizens were often spared from impressments, while the "rabble" - criminals, drunkards, the poor- were forced to join active fighting units, with town militia committees selecting soldiers who would be least missed should they die in action. Enhanced by illustrations and maps, A Rabble in Arms shows that, despite heroic illusions of a universal military obligation, town fathers, to damaging effects, often placed local and personal interests above colonial military concerns.
LC Classification Number
E83.67.Z455 2010
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