Title That ever loyal island : Staten Island and the American Revolution / Phillip Papas

Published New York : New York University Press, ©2007

Click on the following:
EBSCO eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xi, 185 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Book collections on Project MUSE Contents The crossroads of the middle colonies: the people, society, and environment of Staten Island -- "An unfriendly disposition towards the liberties of America": Staten Islanders and the colonial resistance movement -- "As the tempest approaches": Staten Island and the whig defense of New York City -- "Our inveterate enemies": Staten Islanders and the arrival of the British fleet at New York -- The price of loyalty Summary Of crucial strategic importance to both the British and the Continental Army, Staten Island was, for a good part of the American Revolution, a bastion of Loyalist support. With its military and political significance, Staten Island provides rich terrain for Phillip Papas's illuminating case study of the local dimensions of the Revolutionary War. Papas traces Staten Island's political sympathies not to strong ties with Britain, but instead to local conditions that favored the status quo instead of revolutionary change. With a thriving agricultural economy, stable political structure, and strong Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-172) and index Notes English Print version record Subject HISTORY -- State & Local. HISTORY -- State & Local -- General. Military campaigns Social aspects Social conditions Nordamerikanska frihetskriget 1775-1783 -- New York. SUBJECT Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) -- History, Military -- 18th century Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 18th century New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140147 New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Staten Island United States New York <NY> -- Staten Island. USA -- Revolution. Genre/Form History Military history Form Electronic book LC no. 2006036581 ISBN 9781435600423 1435600428

  Permalink