| Author | Zelner, Kyle F.
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| Title | A rabble in arms : Massachusetts towns and militiamen during King Philip's War / Kyle F. Zelner.
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| Published | New York : New York University Press, c2009.
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| Description | xv, 325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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| Series | Warfare and culture series
Warfare and culture series.
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| ISBN | 9780814797341 |
| ISBN | 0814797342 |
| ISBN | 9780814797181 |
| ISBN | 0814797180 |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-311) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: "For the best ordering of the militia": English military precedent and the early Massachusetts Bay Militia -- The Massachusetts Bay Militia and the practice of impressment during King Philip's War -- Many men, many choices: impressment in Essex County's thriving towns -- Few men, few options: impressment in Essex County's small towns -- The pressed men of Essex County: the social identity of the soldiers of King Philip's War -- The effects of impressment: war and peace in Essex County -- Afterword: The military of Massachusetts Bay transformed -- Appendix 1. The soldiers of Essex County in King Philip's War, 1675-1676 -- Appendix 2. Rowley's 1662 Tax List: Ranked by family with soldiers' families highlighted -- Appendix 3. Topsfield's 1668 Tax List: Ranked by family with soldiers' families highlighted -- Appendix 4. An examination of the age of Essex County soldiers and officers in King Philip's War, 1675-1676.
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| Subjects | Essex County (Mass.) -- History -- 17th century.
Impressment -- History.
King Philip's War, 1675-1676.
Massachusetts. Militia -- History.
New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: E 83.67 Z51 2009
CA-1904752: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 101534] |
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