Narratives of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Military and Civilian Experience in Britain and Ireland
Seiten
2013
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Hersteller)
978-1-137-31653-0 (ISBN)
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Hersteller)
978-1-137-31653-0 (ISBN)
The volume explores how the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars were experienced, perceived and narrated by contemporaries in Britain and Ireland, drawing on an extensive range of personal testimonies by soldiers, sailors and civilians to shed new light on the social and cultural history of the period and the history of warfare more broadly.
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Narrating War 2. Becoming Soldiers and Sailors 3. Combat and Campaign 4. Travellers in Uniform 5. Prisoners of War 6. Citizen-Soldiers 7. Bringing the War Back Home Conclusion: A Waterloo Panorama ?
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.9.2013 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850 |
| Zusatzinfo | VI, 263 p. |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Schlagworte | Britain • Cultural History • History • Napoleon • Revolution • warfare |
| ISBN-10 | 1-137-31653-5 / 1137316535 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-31653-0 / 9781137316530 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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