{"product_id":"quarters-john-gilbert-mccurdy-9781501736605","title":"Quarters: The Accommodation of the British Army and the Coming of the American Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Americans declared independence in 1776, they cited King George III \"for quartering large bodies of armed troops among us.\"\u003c\/b\u003e In \u003ci\u003eQuarters\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 analysis of the Quartering Act of 1765, McCurdy sheds light on a misunderstood aspect of the American Revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuarters\u003c\/i\u003e unearths the vivid debate in eighteenth-century America over the meaning of place. It asks why the previously uncontroversial act of accommodating soldiers in one's house became an unconstitutional act. In so doing, \u003ci\u003eQuarters\u003c\/i\u003e reveals new dimensions of the origins of Americans' right to privacy. It also traces the transformation of military geography in the lead up to independence, asking how barracks changed cities and how attempts to reorder the empire and the borderland led the colonists to imagine a new nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuarters\u003c\/i\u003e emphatically refutes the idea that the Quartering Act forced British soldiers in colonial houses, demonstrates the effectiveness of the Quartering Act at generating revenue, and examines aspects of the law long ignored, such as its application in the backcountry and its role in shaping Canadian provinces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbove all, \u003ci\u003eQuarters\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the lessons of accommodating British troops outlasted the Revolutionary War, profoundly affecting American notions of place. McCurdy shows that the Quartering Act had significant ramifications, codified in the Third Amendment, for contemporary ideas of the home as a place of domestic privacy, the city as a place without troops, and a nation with a civilian-led military.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Gilbert McCurdy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501736604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501736605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 8.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019","brand":"John Gilbert McCurdy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43935204606207,"sku":"9781501736605","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0a0de684-e751-4180-b3b6-6cf5966a14c9.jpg?v=1681418464","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quarters-john-gilbert-mccurdy-9781501736605","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}