Narratives of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: Military and Civilian Experience in Britain and Ireland
Title | Narratives of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: Military and Civilian Experience in Britain and Ireland |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Authors | Kennedy, Catriona |
Number of Pages | 263 |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
City | Basingstoke, UK |
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. |
URL | https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9780230275430 |
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- 1. War and Gender: From The Thirty Years War and Colonial Conquest to the Wars of Revolution and Independence—An Overview
- 6. Society, Mass Warfare and Gender in Europe during and after the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
- 8. Citizenship, Mass Mobilization and Masculinity in a Transatlantic Perspective, 1770s–1870s
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