Description: When Americans declared independence in 1776, they cited King George III "for quartering large bodies of armed troops among us." In Quarters, John Gilbert McCurdy explores the social and political history behind the charge, offering an authoritative account of the housing of British soldiers in America. Providing new interpretations and...
Brief description: John Gilbert McCurdy is Professor of History at Eastern Michigan University. He is the author of Citizen Bachelors.
Review Quotes:
Quarters places the issue of housing troops at the center not only of the Revolution, but of American political and social culture as colonists struggled to define boundaries between public and private spheres.
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