Abraham in Arms : : War and Gender in Colonial New England / / Ann M. Little.
In 1678, the Puritan minister Samuel Nowell preached a sermon he called "Abraham in Arms," in which he urged his listeners to remember that "Hence it is no wayes unbecoming a Christian to learn to be a Souldier." The title of Nowell's sermon was well chosen. Abraham of the O...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 17 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Wars of the Northeastern Borderlands, 1636-1763
- Introduction: Onward Christian Soldiers, 1678
- Chapter 1. "You dare not fight, you are all one like women": The Contest of Masculinities in the Seventeenth Century
- Chapter 2. "What are you an Indian or an Englishman?" Cultural Cross-Dressing in the Northeastern Borderlands
- Chapter 3. "Insolent" Squaws and "Unreasonable" Masters: Indian Captivity and Family Life
- Chapter 4. "A jesuit will ruin you Body & Soul!'' Daughters of New England in Canada
- Chapter 5. "Who will be Masters of America The French or the English?" Manhood and Imperial Warfare in the Eighteenth Century
- Epilogue: On the Plains of Abraham
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments