ISBN:
0230275435
,
9780230275430
Language:
English
Pages:
VI, 263 S.
,
Ill.
Series Statement:
War, culture and society, 1750 - 1850
DDC:
940.2/7092241
Keywords:
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Personal narratives, British
;
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Personal narratives, Irish
;
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Influence
;
Great Britain Social conditions 18th century
;
France Personal narratives, Irish History Revolution, 1789-1799
;
France Personal narratives, British History Revolution, 1789-1799
;
France History Revolution, 1789-1799
;
Influence
;
Ireland Social conditions 19th century
;
Great Britain Social conditions 19th century
;
Erlebnisbericht
;
Historische Darstellung
;
Europa
;
Koalitionskriege
;
Napoleonische Kriege
;
Militär
;
Krieg
Abstract:
"This volume explores how the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1793-1815) were experienced, perceived and narrated by contemporaries in Britain and Ireland. These conflicts have been described as the first modern or 'total' war with far-reaching consequences for military and civilian society and the development of modern identities. Yet in contrast to the innovative body of scholarship on the First and Second World Wars there has been little sustained analysis of the personal experiences of men and women involved directly or indirectly in these conflicts. Narratives of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars addresses this historiographical gap using letters, diaries and 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. "--
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note:Narrating War -- Becoming Soldiers and Sailors -- Combat and Campaign -- Travellers in Uniform -- Prisoners of War --- Citizen-Soldiers -- Bringing the War Back Home -- Conclusion: A Waterloo Panorama.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. 244 - 256
