Wild Yankees the struggle for independence along Pennsylvania's revolutionary frontier /
Moyer, Paul Benjamin, 1970-
Wild Yankees the struggle for independence along Pennsylvania's revolutionary frontier / [electronic resource] : Paul B. Moyer. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007. - xvi, 216 p. : maps, ports.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--College of William and Mary, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-209) and index.
Introduction : a farmer's revolution -- "Among quarrelsome Yankees, insidious Indians, and lonely wilds" : natives, colonists, and the Wyoming controversy -- "A great many wrangling disputes" : authority, allegiance, property, and the frontier war for independence -- "A dangerous combination of villains" : the social context of agrarian resistance -- "All the difficulties of forming a new settlement" : frontier migration, land speculation, and settler insurgency -- "A perfect union with the people" : cultures of resistance along the revolutionary frontier -- "Poor and ignorant but industrious settlers" : frontier development and the path to accommodation -- "Artful deceivers" : Yankee notables and the resolution of the Wyoming controversy -- Epilogue : closing the revolutionary frontier.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780801461729 (electronic bk.)
Susquehanna Claim, 1753-1808.
Frontier and pioneer life--Pennsylvania--Wyoming Valley.
Indians of North America--History.--Pennsylvania--Wyoming Valley
Wyoming Valley (Pa.)--History.
Electronic books.
F157.W9 / M75 2007
974.8/01
Wild Yankees the struggle for independence along Pennsylvania's revolutionary frontier / [electronic resource] : Paul B. Moyer. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007. - xvi, 216 p. : maps, ports.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--College of William and Mary, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-209) and index.
Introduction : a farmer's revolution -- "Among quarrelsome Yankees, insidious Indians, and lonely wilds" : natives, colonists, and the Wyoming controversy -- "A great many wrangling disputes" : authority, allegiance, property, and the frontier war for independence -- "A dangerous combination of villains" : the social context of agrarian resistance -- "All the difficulties of forming a new settlement" : frontier migration, land speculation, and settler insurgency -- "A perfect union with the people" : cultures of resistance along the revolutionary frontier -- "Poor and ignorant but industrious settlers" : frontier development and the path to accommodation -- "Artful deceivers" : Yankee notables and the resolution of the Wyoming controversy -- Epilogue : closing the revolutionary frontier.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780801461729 (electronic bk.)
Susquehanna Claim, 1753-1808.
Frontier and pioneer life--Pennsylvania--Wyoming Valley.
Indians of North America--History.--Pennsylvania--Wyoming Valley
Wyoming Valley (Pa.)--History.
Electronic books.
F157.W9 / M75 2007
974.8/01