That ever loyal island : Staten Island and the American Revolution /
Papas, Phillip.
That ever loyal island : Staten Island and the American Revolution / Phillip Papas. - New York : New York University Press, ©2007. - 1 online resource (xi, 185 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-172) and index.
The crossroads of the middle colonies: the people, society, and environment of Staten Island -- "An unfriendly disposition towards the liberties of America": Staten Islanders and the colonial resistance movement -- "As the tempest approaches": Staten Island and the whig defense of New York City -- "Our inveterate enemies": Staten Islanders and the arrival of the British fleet at New York -- The price of loyalty.
Of crucial strategic importance to both the British and the Continental Army, Staten Island was, for a good part of the American Revolution, a bastion of Loyalist support. With its military and political significance, Staten Island provides rich terrain for Phillip Papas's illuminating case study of the local dimensions of the Revolutionary War. Papas traces Staten Island's political sympathies not to strong ties with Britain, but instead to local conditions that favored the status quo instead of revolutionary change. With a thriving agricultural economy, stable political structure, and strong.
English.
9781435600423 (electronic bk.) 1435600428 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
1700-1799
HISTORY--State & Local.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.
Military campaigns.
Social aspects.
Social conditions
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--History, Military--18th century.
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions--18th century.
New York (N.Y.)--History--Campaigns.--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Campaigns.--Revolution, 1775-1783
New York (N.Y.)--History--Social aspects.--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Social aspects.--Revolution, 1775-1783
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--Histoire militaire--18e siècle.
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--Conditions sociales--18e siècle.
New York (N.Y.)--Histoire--Campagnes et batailles.--1775-1783 (Révolution)
États-Unis--Histoire--Campagnes et batailles.--1775-1783 (Révolution)
New York (N.Y.)--Histoire--Aspect social.--1775-1783 (Révolution)
États-Unis--Histoire--Aspect social.--1775-1783 (Révolution)
New York (State)--New York.
New York (State)--New York--Staten Island.
United States.
Electronic books.
History
Military history
F127.S7 / P37 2007eb
974.7/02
That ever loyal island : Staten Island and the American Revolution / Phillip Papas. - New York : New York University Press, ©2007. - 1 online resource (xi, 185 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-172) and index.
The crossroads of the middle colonies: the people, society, and environment of Staten Island -- "An unfriendly disposition towards the liberties of America": Staten Islanders and the colonial resistance movement -- "As the tempest approaches": Staten Island and the whig defense of New York City -- "Our inveterate enemies": Staten Islanders and the arrival of the British fleet at New York -- The price of loyalty.
Of crucial strategic importance to both the British and the Continental Army, Staten Island was, for a good part of the American Revolution, a bastion of Loyalist support. With its military and political significance, Staten Island provides rich terrain for Phillip Papas's illuminating case study of the local dimensions of the Revolutionary War. Papas traces Staten Island's political sympathies not to strong ties with Britain, but instead to local conditions that favored the status quo instead of revolutionary change. With a thriving agricultural economy, stable political structure, and strong.
English.
9781435600423 (electronic bk.) 1435600428 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
1700-1799
HISTORY--State & Local.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.
Military campaigns.
Social aspects.
Social conditions
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--History, Military--18th century.
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions--18th century.
New York (N.Y.)--History--Campaigns.--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Campaigns.--Revolution, 1775-1783
New York (N.Y.)--History--Social aspects.--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Social aspects.--Revolution, 1775-1783
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--Histoire militaire--18e siècle.
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--Conditions sociales--18e siècle.
New York (N.Y.)--Histoire--Campagnes et batailles.--1775-1783 (Révolution)
États-Unis--Histoire--Campagnes et batailles.--1775-1783 (Révolution)
New York (N.Y.)--Histoire--Aspect social.--1775-1783 (Révolution)
États-Unis--Histoire--Aspect social.--1775-1783 (Révolution)
New York (State)--New York.
New York (State)--New York--Staten Island.
United States.
Electronic books.
History
Military history
F127.S7 / P37 2007eb
974.7/02