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" That ever loyal island : "
Phillip Papas.
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BL
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967444
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b721814
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| Main Entry
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Papas, Phillip.
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That ever loyal island : : Staten Island and the American Revolution /\ Phillip Papas.
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New York :: New York University Press,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (xi, 185 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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1435600428
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: 9781435600423
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0814767249
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0814768687
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9780814767245
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9780814768686
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-172) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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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.
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HISTORY-- State Local-- General.
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HISTORY-- State Local.
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Military campaigns.
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Social aspects.
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Social conditions
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New York (N.Y.), History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Campaigns.
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New York (N.Y.), History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Social aspects.
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Staten Island (New York, N.Y.), History, Military, 18th century.
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Staten Island (New York, N.Y.), Social conditions, 18th century.
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United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Campaigns.
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United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Social aspects.
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New York (State), New York, Staten Island.
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New York (State), New York.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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974.7/02
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F127.S7P37 2007eb
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