Voices of Revolutionary America

Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life
Herausgeber: Humphrey, Carol Sue

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Produktbeschreibung

This book describes the everyday lives of people during the American Revolution as they adapted to the political and military conflicts of the time. Students studying the American Revolutionary War learn primarily about battles and how independence from the British was achieved. In Voices of Revolutionary America: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life, readers get the largely untold story of the American Revolution: the ongoing issues and details of life in the background, behind the battles. This book surveys the entirety of the Revolutionary era, describing topics like marriage, childbirth, learning a trade, cost of living, slavery, and religion in the late 18th century. While some documents from the 1760s and early 1770s are provided to present general information about life, the book focuses on the years of the war from 1775 to 1783 and describes how the prolonged conflict impacted people's day-to-day lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 1005g
• ISBN-13: 9780313377327
• ISBN-10: 0313377324
• Artikelnr.: 32730080

Autorenporträt

Carol Sue Humphrey, PhD, is professor of history at Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction How to Evaluate Primary Documents Chronology of Events
from the Accession of George III to the Throne of Great Britain to the End
of the American Revolution, 1760-1783 DOCUMENTS OF REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA
Disruption and Continuation of Daily Life 1. Regular Routines in Life:
Newspaper Obituaries (1768-1782) 2. A Fact of Life: Newspaper Reports of
Accidental Deaths (1773-1783) 3. Trials of Daily Life: Newspaper
Advertisements about Spousal Abuse and Abandonment (1775-1776) 4. The
Dangers of Daily Life: Newspaper Accounts of Fires (1771-1776) 5. The
Difficulties of Running a Household during Wartime: Temperance Smith's
Account (1775) 6. Living under Fire during War: Timothy Newell's Journal
(1775) 7. Some Things in Life Continue, Even in War: Newspaper Accounts of
Weddings (1767-1775) 8. The Trials of Life: Newspaper Advertisements for
Lost and Found Animals (1775-1776) 9. Wars Eventually End: Anna Rawle's
Diary (1781) Economics and Employment 10. Headaches during Wartime:
Government Efforts to Deal with Economic Problems (1774-1782) 11. The Daily
Necessities of Life Get Caught up in the Revolution: Newspaper
Advertisements for Cloth (1773-1775) 12. Getting Needed Information:
Newspaper Advertisements for Almanacs (1775) 13. War Produces Property
Destruction: Robert Morton's Diary (1777) 14. Trials of Wartime:
Advertisements in the Connecticut Courant Reflect the Scarcity of Supplies
(1776-1777) 15. Daily Trials: Newspaper Reports of the Impact of Weather on
Daily Life (1771-1780) Fun and Games 16. Continuing to Learn How to Have
Fun: Philip Fithian's Diary (1773) 17. Having Fun Even during Wartime:
Sarah Wister's Journal (1777) 18. Seeking Relief and Relaxation: Reports of
Theater Productions during the War (1776-1778) Health and Medicine 19.
Dealing with Illnesses: Nicholas Cresswell's Diary (1774) 20. Preventive
Medicine: Accounts of Smallpox Inoculations in the Army (1776-1777) 21.
Impact of Smallpox Inoculations on a Family: Letter from Abigail Adams to
John Adams (July 13, 1776) 22. Death Omnipresent: Dr. Lewis Beebe's Diary
(1776) 23. Epidemics an Ongoing Problem: Joseph Plumb Martin Describes a
Yellow Fever Epidemic in the Continental Army (1782) Love, Marriage, and
Family 24. Raising Children: Eleazar Moody's The School of Good Manners
(1772) 25. War Drives Families Apart: Letter from Benjamin Franklin to
William Franklin (October 6, 1773) 26. Managing the Family Business:
Abigail and John Adams (1776-1778, 1783) 27. Moving as the Armies Move:
Baroness von Riedesel's Journal (November 1778-February 1779) 28. War
Splits Families: Letter from Timothy Pickering Jr., to His Father (February
23, 1778) 29. Raising Children: Letters between Thomas Jefferson and His
Daughter Martha (1783, 1787) Religion 30. Different Cultures: Native
American Christianity, Nicholas Cresswell's Diary (1775) 31. Religion
Influences Action: The Schwenkfelders' Declaration against Service in the
Militia (1777) 32. The Issue of Religious Freedom: Boston Supports Religion
for the Sake of Order in Its Response to the Massachusetts Declaration of
Rights of 1780 (May 12, 1780) 33. The Question of Public Support for
Organized Religion: Ashby, Massachusetts, Opposes Enforced Public Support
in Its Response to the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights of 1780 (June 2,
1780) 34. The Revolt against Great Britain Is a Bad Idea: Jonathan Boucher
Preaches a Sermon in Opposition to Revolution (1775) 35. The Revolt against
Great Britain Is a Good Idea: Abraham Keteltas Preaches a Sermon in Support
of Revolution (1777) Slavery 36. Growing Opposition to Slavery: Petition
Seeking Freedom (1777) 37. Growing Opposition to Slavery: Legal Arguments
against the Institution in Massachusetts (1780, 1783) 38. Advertisements
for Runaway Apprentices and Slaves (1775-1780) 39. Let's Free the Slaves:
Letter from Alexander Hamilton to John Jay (March 14, 1777) 40. Growing
Questions about Slavery: Essay by Caesar Sarter (1774) 41. The Church
Questions the Institution of Slavery: Essay by the Reverend Samuel Hopkins
(1776) War and Local Conflict 42. Conflicts on the Frontier during the War:
Indian Attacks (1773-1777) 43. Naval Service during War: Andrew Sherburne's
Memoir (1779) 44. "Hard Winter": Joseph Plumb Martin's Memoir (1779-1780)
45. Impact of War on the People: Letter from Nathaniel Greene to His Wife,
Catherine (January 12, 1781) 46. The Horrors of Civil War: Descriptions of
Conflicts between Patriots and Loyalists (1781) Appendix 1: Biographical
Sketches of Important Individuals Mentioned in the Text Appendix 2:
Glossary of Terms Mentioned in the Text Bibliography Index