Screen LibraryGender, war and politics Transatlantic perspectives, 1775--1830 /
This volume addresses war, developing political and national identities and the changing gender regimes of Europe and the Americas between 1775 and 1830. Military and civilian experiences of war and revolution, in free and slave societies, both reflected and shaped gender concepts and practices, in...
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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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This volume addresses war, developing political and national identities and the changing gender regimes of Europe and the Americas between 1775 and 1830. Military and civilian experiences of war and revolution, in free and slave societies, both reflected and shaped gender concepts and practices, in relation to class, ethnicity, race and religion. 'The unparalleled translatlantic approach of this volume cracks open the previously sealed boxes of gender, slavery, warfare, and commemoration and in so doing revolutionizes the study of one of the most crucial moments in all of world history.' - Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA 'A very good collection of substantial chapters that provide a sweeping perspective on gender and the age of revolution, from America, through France, Britain and Germany, to Latin America. These essays demonstrate how the wars that convulsed the Atlantic world, tog |
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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2010. |
| Carrier Form: | 392 p. : 1 b&w, ill., 1 maps, 2. |
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9780230218000 9780230283046 : 0230283047 : |
| CLC: | C913.14 |
| Contents: | List of Illustrations Preface Foreword to the Series Notes on Contributors Introduction: Gender, War and Politics: Transatlantic Perspectives on the Wars of Revolution and Liberation, 1775--1830 K.Hagemann& J.Rendall PART I: EMPIRE, COLONIAL WAR AND SLAVERY Revolution, War, Empire: Gendering the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1776--1830-- D.Eltis Gendered Freedom: Citoyennes and War in the Revolutionary French Caribbean-- L.Dubois Freedwomen's Familial Politics: Marriage, War and Rites of Registry in Post-Emancipation Saint-Domingue-- E.Colwill PART II: MASCULINITY, REVOLUTION AND WAR Citizenshi |