Cox, Caroline
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자료유형 | E-BOOK |
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서명/저자사항 | Boy soldiers of the American Revolution [electronic resource]/ Caroline Cox ; with a foreword by Robert Middlekauff. |
개인저자 | Cox, Caroline,1954-2014, author, Middlekauff, Robert,writer of foreword, |
발행사항 | Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2016. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource. |
기타형태 저록 | Print version: Cox, Caroline, 1954-2014, author. Boy soldiers of the American Revolution 9781469627533 |
ISBN | 9781469627557 1469627558 |
서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
내용주기 | Introduction: As well as I can recollect -- Answer the purpose -- A strong desire to enlist -- My father caused me to enlist -- He took his father's place -- Fellow citizens. |
요약 | "Between 1819 and 1845, as veterans of the Revolutionary War were filing applications to receive pensions for their service, the government was surprised to learn that many of the soldiers were not men, but boys, many of whom were under the age of sixteen, and some even as young as nine. In Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution, Caroline Cox reconstructs the lives and stories of this young subset of early American soldiers, focusing on how these boys came to join the army and what they actually did in service. Giving us a rich and unique glimpse into colonial childhood, Cox traces the evolution of youth in American culture in the late eighteenth century, as the accepted age for children to participate meaningfully in society--not only in the military--was rising dramatically"-- |
해제 | Provided by publisher. |
주제명(회의명) | American Revolution (1775-1783) fast |
주제명(지명) | United States --History --Participation, Juvenile. --Revolution, 1775-1783 United States. --fast |
일반주제명 | Child soldiers --United States --History --18th century. Children --United States --Social life and customs --18th century. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General Child soldiers. Children --Social life and customs. HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) |
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