Quarters : the accommodation of the British Army and the coming of the American Revolution /
"Examines both quartering British soldiers in America and how this led to the American Revolution and how debates that ensued shaped Americans' notions of military power and place. A transnational history that includes Canada and the Caribbean"--
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| Language: | English |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2019
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the importance of place in the age of Atlantic revolutions
- Houses : the rise of domestic privacy
- Barracks : constructing a colonial military infrastructure
- Empire : drafting and implementing the Quartering Act
- Borderland : Native Americans, soldiers, and colonists in the backcountry
- Cities and towns : accommodation and eviction of the British Army
- Nation : American armies and the march toward independence
- Epilogue : the Third Amendment and the shadow of quartering.