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Britain's soldiers : rethinking war and society, 1715-1815 / edited by Kevin Linch and Matthew McCormack.

Contributor Linch, Kevin, 1974- editor of compilation.

ImprintLiverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2014.

Descriptionxii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Note:Nationhood -- The eighteenth-century British as a European institution / Stephen Conway -- Soldiering abroad : the experience of living and fighting among aliens during Napoleonic Wars / Graciela Iglesia Rogers -- Hierarchy -- Effectiveness and the British Officer Corps, 1793-1815 / Bruce Collins -- Stamford standoff : honour, status rivalry in the Georgian military / Matthew McCormack -- Discipline -- "The soldiers murmured much on account of this usage" : military justice and negotiated authority in the eighteenth-century British Army / William P. Tatum III -- Discipline and control in eighteenth-century Gibraltar / Ilya Berkovich -- Gender -- Conflicts of conduct : British masculinity and military painting in the wake of the Siege of Gibraltar / Cicely Robinson -- Scarlet fever : female enthusiasm for men in uniform, 1780-1815 / Louise Carter -- Soldiers in society -- Disability, fraud and medical experience at the Royal Hospital of Chelsea in the long eighteenth century / Caroline Louise Nielsen -- Making new soldiers : legitimacy, identity and attitudes, c.1740-1815 / Kevin Linch.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.



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Contributor
Linch, Kevin, 1974- editor of compilation.
McCormack, Matthew, editor of compilation.
Series Statement
Eighteenth-century worlds
Subject:
Great Britain Army -- Military life -- History -- 18th century.
Soldiers -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- History -- 18th century.
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 18th century.
Series Added Entry-Uniform title
Eighteenth-century worlds.