{"product_id":"nobody-men-neutrality-loyalties-and-family-in-the-american-revolution-9780300258899","title":"Nobody Men: Neutrality, Loyalties, and Family in the American Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story of colonists who were neither loyalists nor patriots during the American Revolution, told through the experiences of one transatlantic family\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At least one-third of the colonial population were neutrals during the American Revolution, yet they have rarely featured in narratives that shape our ideas about the conflict. By following a single transatlantic family, the Crugers, historian Travis Glasson puts neutrals--the \"nobody men\"--at the center of this tumultuous period's history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like most neutrals, the Crugers prioritized peace above any specific constitutional arrangement and sought ways out of the military struggle. The Crugers were prominent among prewar defenders of colonial rights, and their experiences once the shooting started, in places including New York, the island of St. Croix, and London, reveal the complex dilemmas that confronted those in the middle during the violent upheaval. The Crugers' dealings with each other--and with a cast of boldfaced names including Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Edmund Burke, John Wilkes, Lord North, and George Washington--illuminate how some people looked to chart alternate courses through perilous waters. Based on extensive research in the United States and Britain, \u003ci\u003eNobody Men\u003c\/i\u003e humanizes what it meant to live through revolutionary civil war and recovers little-known but essential histories of how new nations formed as an older empire broke apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Travis Glasson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.43h x 6.52w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300258899","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383845712009,"sku":"9780300258899","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_bd86201e-4f4f-49c9-be99-67aa593e855d.jpg?v=1752013165","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/nobody-men-neutrality-loyalties-and-family-in-the-american-revolution-9780300258899","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}