Narratives of the revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars military and civilian experience in Britain and Ireland /
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...
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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War, culture and society, 1750-1850
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137316530 |
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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. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230275430. |
Carrier Form: | 272 p. : 1 b&w, halftones. |
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9780230275430 9781137316530 : 1137316535 : |
CLC: | K561.43 |
Contents: | 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. |