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Author McCurdy, John Gilbert, 1972- author.

Title Quarters : the accommodation of the British Army and the coming of the American Revolution / John Gilbert McCurdy
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 313 pages)
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
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Great Britain. Army -- Barracks and quarters -- History -- 18th century
United States. Constitution. 3rd Amendment -- History
SUBJECT Great Britain. Army fast
Constitution (United States) fast
Subject Soldiers -- Billeting -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Soldiers -- Billeting -- North America -- History -- 18th century
Requisitions, Military -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Requisitions, Military -- North America -- History -- 18th century
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- Military -- United States.
Armed Forces -- Barracks and quarters
Requisitions, Military
Soldiers -- Billeting
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140131
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140139
United States -- History, Military -- 18th century
Subject North America
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Military history
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019004115
ISBN 9781501736612
1501736612
9781501736629
1501736620