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Braddock's Defeat

The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution

By: David L. Preston

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Braddock's Defeat

The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution

By: David L. Preston

On July 9, 1755, British regulars and American colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock, commander in chief of the British Army in North America, were attacked by French and Native American forces shortly after crossing the Monongahela River and while making their way to besiege Fort Duquesne in the Ohio Valley, a few miles from what is now Pittsburgh. The long line of red-coated troops struggled to maintain cohesion and discipline as Indian warriors quickly outflanked them and used the dense cover of the woods to masterful and lethal effect. Within hours, a powerful British army was routed, its commander mortally wounded, and two-thirds of its forces casualties in one the worst disasters in military history. David Preston's gripping and immersive account of Braddock's Defeat, also known as the Battle of the Monongahela, is the most authoritative ever written. Using untapped sources and collections, Preston offers a reinterpretation of Braddock's Expedition in 1754 and 1755, one that does full justice to its remarkable achievements. Braddock had rapidly advanced his army to the cusp of victory, overcoming uncooperative colonial governments and seemingly insurmountable logistical challenges, while managing to carve a road through the formidable Appalachian Mountains. That road would play a major role in America's expansion westward in the years ahead and stand as one of the expedition's most significant legacies. The causes of Braddock's Defeat are debated to this day. Preston's work challenges the stale portrait of an arrogant European officer who refused to adapt to military and political conditions in the New World and the first to show fully how the French and Indian coalition achieved victory through effective diplomacy, tactics, and leadership. New documents reveal that the French Canadian commander, a seasoned veteran named Captain Beaujeu, planned the attack on the British column with great skill, and that his Native allies were more disciplined than the British regulars on the field. Braddock's Defeat establishes beyond question its profoundly pivotal nature for Indian, French Canadian, and British peoples in the eighteenth century. The disaster altered the balance of power in America, and escalated the fighting into a global conflict known as the Seven Years' War. Those who were there, including George Washington, Thomas Gage, Horatio Gates, Charles Lee, and Daniel Morgan, never forgot its lessons, and brought them to bear when they fought again-whether as enemies or allies-two decades hence. The campaign had awakened many British Americans to their provincial status in the empire, spawning ideas of American identity and anticipating the social and political divisions that would erupt in the American Revolution.

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Oxford University Press

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0190219114

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9780190219116

The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Emerging Workforce

Employment of People with Mental Retardation

By: Peter David Blanck

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The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Emerging Workforce

Employment of People with Mental Retardation

By: Peter David Blanck

A pioneering reference for the community of people with mental retardation, their families, employers, lawyers, researchers, and policy makers. Based on empirical research and legal analysis, examines the antidiscrimination protections set out in the US act regarding employment. Especially considers

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324

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AAMR

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0940898527

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9780940898523

Participatory Evaluation for Special Education and Rehabilitation

By: Darrell R. Lewis,David R. Johnson,David L. Braddock

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Participatory Evaluation for Special Education and Rehabilitation

By: Darrell R. Lewis,David R. Johnson,David L. Braddock

Lewis and Johnson lay out a clear nine-step method for identifying and weighting the importance of disparate goals and outcomes. These consensus-building evaluation techniques are well suited for administrators in the field of disabilities.

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110

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AAMR

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094089873X

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9780940898738

Staff Recruitment and Retention

Study Results and Intervention Strategies

By: Sheryl Ann Larson,K. Charlie Lakin,Robert H. Bruininks,David L. Braddock,American Association on Mental Retardation

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Staff Recruitment and Retention

Study Results and Intervention Strategies

By: Sheryl Ann Larson,K. Charlie Lakin,Robert H. Bruininks,David L. Braddock,American Association on Mental Retardation

A monograph that presents studies on recruitment and retention of direct support professionals, including strategies to reduce turnover of newly-hired staff.

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214

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094089856X

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9780940898561

George Washington's First War

His Early Military Adventures

By: David A. Clary

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George Washington's First War

His Early Military Adventures

By: David A. Clary

Examines the early military adventures of George Washington, detailing his ordeals in the wilderness, activities during the French and Indian Wars, lack of support from the government, and more.

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386

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Simon and Schuster

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143918111X

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9781439181119

Disability in Eighteenth-Century England

Imagining Physical Impairment

By: David M. Turner

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Disability in Eighteenth-Century England

Imagining Physical Impairment

By: David M. Turner

This is the first book-length study of physical disability in eighteenth-century England. It assesses the ways in which meanings of physical difference were formed within different cultural contexts, and examines how disabled men and women used, appropriated, or rejected these representations in making sense of their own experiences. In the process, it asks a series of related questions: what constituted ‘disability’ in eighteenth-century culture and society? How was impairment perceived? How did people with disabilities see themselves and relate to others? What do their stories tell us about the social and cultural contexts of disability, and in what ways were these narratives and experiences shaped by class and gender? In order to answer these questions, the book explores the languages of disability, the relationship between religious and medical discourses of disability, and analyzes depictions of people with disabilities in popular culture, art, and the media. It also uncovers the ‘hidden histories’ of disabled men and women themselves drawing on elite letters and autobiographies, Poor Law documents and criminal court records. The book won the Disability History Association Outstanding Publication Prize in 2012 for the best book published worldwide in disability history and also inspired parts of the Radio 4 series, ‘Disability: A New History’, on which the author was historical adviser. The series gained 2.6 million listeners when it first aired in 2013.

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Routledge

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1136304231

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Book's by David L. Braddock

Braddock's Defeat

Braddock's Defeat

The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Emerging Workforce

The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Emerging Workforce

Participatory Evaluation for Special Education and Rehabilitation

Participatory Evaluation for Special Education and Rehabilitation

Staff Recruitment and Retention

Staff Recruitment and Retention

George Washington's First War

George Washington's First War

Disability in Eighteenth-Century England

Disability in Eighteenth-Century England

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