Wild Yankees : the struggle for independence along Pennsylvania's revolutionary frontier / Paul B. Moyer.

Author/creator Moyer, Paul Benjamin, 1970-
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Descriptionxvi, 216 pages : maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : a farmer's revolution -- "Among quarrelsome Yankees, insidious Indians, and lonely wilds" : natives, colonists, and the Wyoming controversy -- "A great many wrangling disputes" : authority, allegiance, property, and the frontier war for independence -- "A dangerous combination of villains" : the social context of agrarian resistance -- "All the difficulties of forming a new settlement" : frontier migration, land speculation, and settler insurgency -- "A perfect union with the people" : cultures of resistance along the revolutionary frontier -- "Poor and ignorant but industrious settlers" : frontier development and the path to accommodation -- "Artful deceivers" : Yankee notables and the resolution of the Wyoming controversy -- Epilogue : closing the revolutionary frontier.
General noteOriginally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--College of William and Mary, 1999.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-209) and index.
LCCN 2007021948
ISBN9780801444944 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801444942 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks F 157.W9 M75 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold