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Britain’s Soldiers Rethinking War and Society 1715 1815 1st Edition by Kevin Linch,Matthew McCormack ISBN 1846319552 978-1846319556

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Author(s): Kevin Linch; Matthew McCormack
ISBN(s): 9781781385548, 1781385548
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 3.97 MB
Year: 2014
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1846319552

ISBN 13: 978-1846319556 

Author: Kevin Linch; Matthew McCormack

The British soldier was a fascinating and complex figure in the century between the Hanoverian accession and the Battle of Waterloo. The ‘war and society’ approach has shed much light on Britain’s frequent experience of conflict in this period, but Britain’s Soldiers argues that it is time to refocus our attention on the humble redcoat himself, and rethink historical approaches to soldiers’ relationship with the society and culture of their day. Using approaches drawn from the histories of the military, gender, art, society, culture and medicine, this volume presents a more rounded picture of the men who served in the various branches of the British armed forces. This period witnessed an unprecedented level of mass mobilisation, yet this was largely achieved through novel forms of military service outside of the regular army. Taking a wide definition of soldiering, this collection examines the part-time and auxiliary forces of the period, as well as looking at the men of the British Army both during their service and once they had been discharged from the army. Chapters here explore the national identity of the soldier, his sense of his rights within systems of military discipline, and his relationships with military hierarchies and honour codes. They also explore the welfare systems available to old and wounded soldiers, and the ways in which soldiers were represented in art and literature. In so doing, this book sheds new light on the processes through which soldiers were ‘made’ during this crucial period of conflict.

Table of contents:

PART 1: Nationhood

1. The eighteenth-century British army as a European institution – Stephen Conway
2. Soldiering abroad: the experience of living and fighting among aliens – Graciela Iglesias Rogers

PART 2: Hierarchy
3. Effectiveness and the British Officer Corps, 1793–1815 – Bruce Collins
4. Stamford standoff: honour, status and rivalry in the Georgian military – Matthew McCormack

PART 3: Discipline
5. “The soldiers murmered much on Account of their usage”: military justice and negotiated authority in the eighteenth-century British army – William P. Tatum III
6. Discipline and control in eighteenth-century Gibraltar – Ilya Berkovich

PART 4: Gender
7. Conflicts of conduct: British masculinity and military painting in the wake of the Siege of Gibraltar – Cicely Robinson
8. Scarlet fever: female enthusiasm for men in uniform, 1780–1815 – Louise Carter

PART 5: Soldiers in Society
9. Disability, fraud and medical experience at the Royal Hospital of Chelsea in the long eighteenth century – Caroline Louise Nielsen
10. Making new soldiers: legitimacy, identity and attitudes, c. 1740–1815 – Kevin Linch

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