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100 1 _aHerrmann, Rachel B.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aNo Useless Mouth
_bWaging War and Fighting Hunger in the American Revolution /
_cRachel B. Herrmann.
264 1 _bCornell University Press,
264 3 _bProject MUSE,
300 _a1 online resource (1 online resource.)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : why the fight against hunger mattered -- Hunger, accommodation, and violence in colonial America -- Iroquois food diplomacy in the revolutionary North -- Cherokee and Creek victual warfare in the revolutionary South -- Black victual warriors and hunger creation -- Fighting hunger, fearing violence after the Revolutionary War -- Learning from restrictive food laws in Nova Scotia -- Victual imperialism and U.S. Indian policy -- Black loyalist hunger prevention in Sierra Leone -- Conclusion : why native and black revolutionaries lost the fight.
506 0 _aOpen Access
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 _a"Argues that Native American and formerly enslaved communities lost the fight against hunger because white officials in the United States, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone curtailed the abilities of men and women to fight hunger on their own terms"--
_cProvided by publisher.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
651 0 _aSierra Leone
_xHistory
_yTo 1896.
651 0 _aNova Scotia
_xHistory
_y1763-1867.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1775-1783
_xAfrican Americans.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1775-1783
_xIndians.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xFood
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aIndians of North America
_xFood
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aFood security
_zSierra Leone
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aFood security
_zNova Scotia
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aFood security
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y18th century.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
776 1 8 _iPrint version:
_tNo useless mouth
_dIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2019
_z9781501716119
_w(DLC) 2018060505
710 2 _aProject Muse.
_edistributor
830 0 _aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/68982/
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