Title: An Uncivil war :
Authors: Hoffman, Ronald,; Tate, Thad W.; Albert, Peter J.; United States Capitol Historical Society.; Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
Date: 1985
Publisher: Published for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society by the University Press of Virginia,
Physical description: xvi, 346 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: E
Abstract: Essays originally presented at a symposium in Washington, D.C., Mar. 18-19, 1982 under the sponsorship of the United States Capitol Historical Society and the Institute of Early American History and Culture.
Contents: Independence, improvement, and authority : toward a framework for understanding the histories of the Southern backcountry during the era of the American Revolution / Jack P. Greene -- Frontier planters and the American Revolution : the South Carolina backcountry, 1775-1782 / Rachel N. Klein -- "The violent spirit", the reestablishment of order, and the continuity of leadership in post-revolutionary South Carolina / Robert M. Weir -- Whig authority and public order in backcountry North Carolina, 1776-1783 / A. Roger Ekirch -- Liberty Men and Loyalists : disorder and disaffection in the North Carolina backcountry / Jeffrey J. Crow -- Trouble in the backcountry : disaffection in southwest Virginia during the American Revolution / Emory G. Evans -- The political response to social conflict in the Southern backcountry : a comparative view of Virginia and the Carolinas during the revolution / Richard R. Beeman -- "But brothers, it is our land we are talking about" : winners and losers in the Georgia backcountry / Edward J. Cashin -- The rise of the Western members : revolutionary politics and the Georgia backcountry / Harvey H. Jackson -- Lowcountry, backcountry : a view of Georgia in the American revolution / W.W. Abbot.
Notes: Essays originally presented at a symposium in Washington, D.C., Mar. 18-19, 1982 under the sponsorship of the United States Capitol Historical Society and the Institute of Early American History and Culture. Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Southern States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects--Congresses.