TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution
A1  - Cox, Caroline, 1954-2014, kirjoittaja
A2  - Middlekauff, Robert
LA  - eng
PP  - Chapel Hill
PB  - The University of North Carolina Press
YR  - 2016
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.3028944
AB  - Between 1819 and 1845, as veterans of the Revolutionary War were filing applications to receive pensions for their service, the government was surprised to learn that many of the soldiers were not men, but boys, many of whom were under the age of sixteen, and some even as young as nine. In Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution, Caroline Cox reconstructs the lives and stories of this young subset of early American soldiers, focusing on how these boys came to join the army and what they actually did in service. Giving us a rich and unique glimpse into colonial childhood, Cox traces the evolution of youth in American culture in the late eighteenth century, as the accepted age for children to participate meaningfully in society--not only in the military--was rising dramatically.
SN  - 978-1-469-62753-3 sidottu
KW  - Child soldiers : United States : History : 18th century.
KW  - Children : United States : Social life and customs : 18th century.
KW  - United States : History : Revolution, 1775-1783 : Participation, Juvenile.
ER  -