Taking Sides in Revolutionary New Jersey
Regular price
€36.50
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=Maxine N. Lurie
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
America
American Revolution
American Revolutionary War
Author_Maxine N. Lurie
automatic-update
battle
Battle of Monmouth
Battle of Princeton
Battle of Trenton
battles
biographies
casualties
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=HB
Category=HBAH
Category=HBJK
Category=NH
Category=NHAH
Category=NHK
Category=WQH
civil war
Common Sense
conflict
Continental army
Continental Congress
COP=United States
debt
Declaration of Independence
Delaware River
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
diaries
documents
encampment
eq_bestseller
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
exile
exiles
freedom
Garden State
George Washington
Great Britain
historical tourism
history
Language_English
letters
liberty
Loyalists
Middlebrook
military
military history
Morristown
Native Americans
New Jersey
NJ
No Taxation without Representation
PA=Available
Pacifism
pamphlets
Patriots
poetry
political principles
politics
POW
Price_€20 to €50
prisoner of war
prisoners of war
PS=Active
Quakers
Revolutionary War
Society of Friends
softlaunch
Stamp Act
taxes
Thomas Paine
Tories
USA
war
Product details
- ISBN 9781978800175
- Weight: 3g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 12 Aug 2022
- Publisher: Rutgers University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
The American Revolution in New Jersey lasted eight long years, during which many were caught in the middle of a vicious civil war. Residents living in an active war zone took stands that varied from “Loyalist” to “Patriot” to neutral and/or "trimmer" (those who changed sides for a variety of reasons). Men and women, Blacks and whites, Native Americans, and those from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds, with different religious affiliations all found themselves in this difficult middle ground. When taking sides, sometimes family was important, sometimes religion, or political principles; the course of the war and location also mattered. Lurie analyzes the difficulties faced by prisoners of war, the refugees produced by the conflict, and those Loyalists who remained, left as exiles, or surprisingly later returned. Their stories are interesting, often dramatic, and include examples of those literally caught in the crossfire. They illustrate the ways in which this was an extremely difficult time and place to live. In the end more of the war was fought in New Jersey than elsewhere, resulting in the highest number of casualties, and a great deal of physical damage. The costs were high no matter what side individuals took. Taking Sides uses numerous brief biographies to illustrate the American Revolution’s complexity; it quotes from documents, pamphlets, diaries, letters, and poetry, a variety of sources to provide insight into the thoughts and reactions of those living through it all. It focuses on people rather than battles and provides perspective for the difficult choices we make in our own times.
Supplemental Instructor Resources for Taking Sides in Revolutionary New Jersey:
Questions (https://d3tto5i5w9ogdd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/19144155/Taking-Sides-Supplementary-Instructor-Resources-Questions.pdf)
Bibliography (https://d3tto5i5w9ogdd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/19144154/Taking-Sides-Supplementary-Instructor-Resources-Bibliography.pdf)
Supplemental Instructor Resources for Taking Sides in Revolutionary New Jersey:
Questions (https://d3tto5i5w9ogdd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/19144155/Taking-Sides-Supplementary-Instructor-Resources-Questions.pdf)
Bibliography (https://d3tto5i5w9ogdd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/19144154/Taking-Sides-Supplementary-Instructor-Resources-Bibliography.pdf)
MAXINE N. LURIE is a professor emerita of history at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. She is the editor of A New Jersey Anthology and a co-editor of Encyclopedia of New Jersey, Mapping New Jersey: An Evolving Landscape, New Jersey: A History of the Garden State, and Envisioning New Jersey: An Illustrated History of the Garden State, all from Rutgers University Press.
