Anderson, Fred, 1949-

A people's army : Massachusetts soldiers and society in the Seven Years' War / Fred Anderson. - Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press, (c)1984. - 1 online resource (xii, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps - Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Part I: The Contexts of War; I. War and the Bay Colony: An Overview; 2. ""Sons of Some of the Best Yeomen in New England"": Army and Society in Provincial Massachusetts; Part II: The Experience of War; 3. ""Hard Service and Poor Keeping"": Everyday Life in the Provincial Army; 4. ""There Is No Spare Here of the Whip"": Interactions between Provincial and Regular Troops; 5. ""As Mournful an Hour as Ever I Saw"": Battle and Its Effects; Part III: The Meaning of War 6. ""A Principle So Strongly Imbibed"": Contractual Principles and the Provincial Conception of Military Service7. ""Victory Undoubtedly Comes from the Lord"": Providentialism and the New Englanders' Understanding of Warfare; Appendix A. Tables: Massachusetts Provincial Forces during the Seven Years' War; Appendix B. Diaries and Orderly Books; Appendix C. Provincial Troop Disorders, 1755-1759; Appendix D. Provincial Sermons, 1755-1762; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y



9781469600499


Soldiers--History--Massachusetts--18th century.


Electronic Books.

E199 / .P467 1984