The name of war : King Philip's War and the origins of American identity
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 1999.
ISBN
0375702628, 9780375702624
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 1999.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
viii, 337 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0375702628, 9780375702624
Notes
General Note
Originally published in hardcover: New York : Knopf, ©1998.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-326) and index.
Description
In 1675 Algonquian Indians all over southern New England rose up against the Puritan colonists with whom they had lived peacefully for several decades. The result was the bloodiest war in American history, a terrifying conflict in which the Puritans found themselves fighting with a cruelty they had thought only the natives capable of. By August 1676, when the severed head of the Wampanoag leader, King Philip, was displayed in Plymouth, thousands of Indians and English men, women, and children were dead. More than half of the new towns in New England had been wiped out, and thesettlers' sense of themselves a civilized people of God had been deeply shaken. By interpreting reactions to the war on both sides of the racial divide, historian Lepore reveals the crucial role the conflict played in shaping the colonists' and the Indians' ideas of themselves and of each other. More profoundly, she shows us that the lasting effects are felt not in how many lives are lost, but in how brutality is justified and how war is remembered.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lepore, J. (1999). The name of war: King Philip's War and the origins of American identity (First Vintage Books edition.). Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lepore, Jill, 1966-. 1999. The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity. Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lepore, Jill, 1966-. The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity Vintage Books, 1999.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lepore, Jill. The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity First Vintage Books edition., Vintage Books, 1999.
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