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Author Ward, Matthew C.

Title Breaking the backcountry : the Seven Years' War in Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1754-1765 / Matthew C. Ward.

Imprint Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.26 W215b 2003    ---  Available
Description x, 329 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-318) and index.
Contents The Collision of Worlds : 1700-1755 -- War Comes to the Backcountry -- "Dissatisfact'n, Discontent and Clamours of All Ranks" : The Breakdown of Backcountry Society, 1755-1758 -- "An Extream Bad Collection of Broken Innkeepers, Horse Jockeys, & Indian Traders" : The Provincial Forces -- Wars and Words : Political Conflict and the Diplomatic Offensive -- Turning Point : The British Drive to the Ohio -- The Quest for Security, 1759-1763 -- Denouement : "Pontiac's War," 1763-1765 -- Composition of the Provincial Regiments.
Subject United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
Pennsylvania -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
Virginia -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
ISBN 0822958651 (pbk.)
0822942143 (acid-free paper)
Standard No. UKM bA3T9340

 
    
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