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Lädt ... Occupied America: British Military Rule and the Experience of Revolution (Early American Studies)von Donald F. Johnson
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. On the whole, Donald Johnson is to be congratulated on finding a new angle on why the British ultimately failed to keep their authority in the 13 Colonies, in that he plays up how the sheer experience of occupation was corrosive of that authority. This is between the British military leadership being played by a Loyalist leadership who wanted retribution for the travails they suffered in the run-up to 1775, the reality that there were never enough crown troops to really maintain security for those inclined to cooperate, the economic misery induced by the experience of occupation, and the inevitably friction of an overbearing British military culture that mostly only saw the Americans as subjects to be brought into line. The real eye-opening finding that Johnson has is how this whole experience was essentially glossed over in post-war accounts, as those who were not too implicated in the British war effort (such as hardcore Loyalists and black Freedmen) were more concerned about rebuilding social relations than exacting retribution. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"This book reveals how the lived experience of military occupation shaped the outcome of the Revolutionary War. Using accounts of those who lived under military rule in the six American cities occupied by the British Army, this book demonstrates how, over the course of the eight-year conflict, military occupations slowly frayed and eventually severed the bonds of imperial authority. Although the experience of occupation differed from place to place and person to person, common themes persisted from Boston to Savannah and from the poorest wretch to the wealthiest member of the colonial elite. Despite the goals of British commanders for reconciliation and peace, military occupation served to muddy allegiances, fracture what economic ties remained between the colonies and their former mother country, and alienate civilians both inside and outside of the zones controlled by the British military. Yet occupied cities also provided spaces for individuals on both sides to make their own personal peace at the end of the conflict; they served as bargaining chips for both the republic and the empire in the formal peace process, and as rhetorical symbols of resistance in the face of oppression for those who sought to build a new national culture. The intimate experiences of those living under British occupation thus had a profound effect on both the American Revolution and the new world that it produced"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.341History and Geography North America United States Revolution and confederation (1775-89) General military history English sideKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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