Screen LibrarySoldiers, Citizens and Civilians Experiences and Perceptions of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1790-1820 /
The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars affected millions of people's lives across Europe and beyond. Yet the extent to which the constant warfare of the period 1792-1815 shaped everyday experience has been little studied. This volume of essays discusses the formative experience of these wars for...
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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/10.1057/9780230583290 |
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The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars affected millions of people's lives across Europe and beyond. Yet the extent to which the constant warfare of the period 1792-1815 shaped everyday experience has been little studied. This volume of essays discusses the formative experience of these wars for men and women, as soldiers, citizens and civilians. |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2008. |
| Carrier Form: | 264 p. |
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9780230545342 9780230583290 : 0230583296 : |
| CLC: | E509 |
| Contents: | Series Foreword Acknowledgements Notes on the Authors Introduction: Nations in Arms, People at War: Analysing War Experiences and Perceptions-- A.Forrest, K.Hagemann and J.Rendall PART I: MILITARY EXPERIENCES Regimental Worlds: Interpreting the Experience of British Soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars-- J.E.Cookson Assessing the Impact of War Experience: The French Soldiers and Veterans of the Napoleonic Armies-- N.Petiteau Glory, Honour and Patriotism: Military Careers in the Duchy of Warsaw, 1806-1815-- J.Czubaty The World Turned Upside Down: Female Soldiers in the French Army of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars-- D.Hopkin PART II: CIVILIANS AT WAR Caring for the Nation's Families: British Soldiers' and Sailors' Families and the State, 1793-1815-- P.Y.C.E.Lin War without Battles: Civilian Experience of French Economic Warfare in the Hanseatic Cities, 1806-1812-- K.Aaslestad From the Ballroom to the Battlefield: British Women and Waterloo-- C.Kennedy 'Unimaginable Horror and Misery': The Battle of Leipzig in October 1813 in Civilian Experience and Perception-- K.Hagemann PART III: WAR, PATRIOTISM AND PROTEST 'A Very Rebellious Disposition': Dutch Experience and Popular Protest under the Napoleonic Regime, 1806-1813-- J.Joor 'A Citizen and not a Soldier': The British Volunteer Movement and the War against Napoleon-- K.B.Linch Religion and the Experience of War: A Comparative Approach to Belgium, the Netherlands and the Rhineland-- H.Carl Index. |