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Author Riordan, Liam

Title Many identities, one nation : the Revolution and its legacy in the Mid-Atlantic / Liam Riordan
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 353 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Series Early American studies
Early American studies.
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- 1. The Importance of Place: Cultural Diversity in Three River Towns -- 2. The Crisis of Everyday Life during the Revolutionary War -- 3. Local Struggles and National Order in the Postwar Period -- 4. Protestant Diversity in the New Nation -- 5. The Campaign for Christian Unity -- 6. The Campaign for Political Unity -- 7. The Persistence of Local Diversity -- Appendix A. Note on the Unit of Comparison -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Summary Liam Riordan explores how the American Revolution politicized religious, racial, and ethnic identity among the diverse inhabitants of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey from 1770 to 1830
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Cultural pluralism -- Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- History -- 18th century
Cultural pluralism -- Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- History -- 19th century
Group identity -- Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- History
Nationalism -- Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- History
HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Cultural pluralism
Group identity
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Nationalism
Social aspects
Social conditions
SUBJECT Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects
Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- Social conditions -- 18th century
Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Middle Atlantic States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140162
Subject Middle Atlantic States
United States
United States -- Delaware River Valley
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780812203370
0812203372