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Dangerous guests

Miller, Ken, 1966-

Dangerous guests enemy captives and revolutionary communities during the War for Independence / [electronic resource] : Ken Miller. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue : a community at war -- "A colony of aliens" : diversity, politics, and war in pre-revolutionary Lancaster, Pennsylvania -- "Divided we must inevitably fall" : war comes to Lancaster -- "A dangerous set of people" : British captives and the making of revolutionary identity -- "'Tis Britain alone that is our enemy" : German captives and the making of American identity -- "Enemies of our peace" : captives, the disaffected, and the refinement of American patriotism -- "The country is full of prisoners of war" : nationalism, resistance, and assimilation -- Epilogue : the empty barracks.

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Nationalism--History--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--18th century.
Prisoners of war--History--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--18th century.


United States--History--Prisoners and prisons.--Revolution, 1775-1783
Lancaster (Pa.)--History--Prisoners and prisons.--Revolution, 1775-1783


Electronic books.

F159.L2 / M55 2014

973.3