{"product_id":"citizens-more-than-soldiers-the-kentucky-militia-and-society-in-the-early-republic-9780803229709","title":"Citizens More Than Soldiers: The Kentucky Militia and Society in the Early Republic","description":"Historians typically depict nineteenth-century militiamen as drunken buffoons who stumbled into crooked lines, poked each other with cornstalk weapons, and inevitably shot their commander in the backside with a rusty, antiquated musket. \u003ci\u003eCitizens More than Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that, to the contrary, the militia remained an active civil institution in the early nineteenth century, affecting the era's great social, political, and economic transitions. In fact, given their degree of community involvement, militiamen were more influential in Kentucky's maturation than any other formal community organization. \u003ci\u003eCitizens More than Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that the militia was not the atrophied remnant of the Revolution's minutemen but an ongoing organization that maintained an important presence in American society. This study also shows that citizen-soldiers participated in their communities by establishing local, regional, and national identities, reinforcing the social hierarchy, advancing democratization and party politics, keeping the public peace, encouraging economic activity, and defining concepts of masculinity. A more accurate understanding of the militia's contribution to American society extends our comprehension of the evolutionary processes of a maturing nation, showing, for example, how citizen-soldiers promoted nationalism, encouraged democratization, and maintained civil order. \u003ci\u003eCitizens More than Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e is not a traditional military history of campaigns and battles but rather the story of citizen-soldiers and their contribution to the transformation of American society in the nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry S. Laver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.77h x 6.36w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803229709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarry S. Laver is an associate professor of history at Southeastern Louisiana University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40138424418419,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b5d951c4-f5fd-4212-b92a-78f6911710ed.jpg?v=1654349488","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/citizens-more-than-soldiers-the-kentucky-militia-and-society-in-the-early-republic-9780803229709","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}