| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file PDF |
| Series |
War, culture and society, 1750-1850
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War, culture and society, 1750-1850.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The British Soldier and his Libraries, c. 1822-1901 considers the history of the libraries that the East India Company and Regular Army respectively established for soldiers during the nineteenth century. Drawing upon a wide range of material, including archival sources, official reports, and soldiersℓ́ℓ memoirs and letters, this book explores the motivations of those who were responsible for the setting up and/or operation of the libraries, and examines what they reveal about attitudes to military readers in particular and, more broadly, to working-class readers ℓ́ℓ and leisure ℓ́ℓ at this period. Murphyℓ́ℓs study also considers the contents of the libraries, identifying what kinds of works were provided for soldiers and where and how they read them. In so doing, The British Soldier and his Libraries, c. 1822-1901 affords another way of thinking about some of the key debates that mark book history today, and illuminates areas of interest to the general reader as well as to literary critics and military and cultural historians. |
| Contents |
Note on Style; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The East India Company's Libraries; Chapter 3: The Reading Environment, and Readers, in India; Chapter 4: The Regular Army's Libraries; Chapter 5: The Reading Environment, and Readers, in the Regular Army; Chapter 6: Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Primary Sources:; Oriental and India Office Collections of the British Library:; National Army Museum, London:; Official Publications:; Army Orders, Regulations, Pamphlets; Army Reports; Other Reports; Military Memoirs and Letters:; Contemporary Publications. |
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Works on Military Matters Newspapers, Journals, and Periodicals; Secondary Sources:; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Soldiers' libraries -- History -- 19th century.
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Soldiers' libraries. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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British & Irish history. |
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Social & cultural history. |
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Military history. |
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- Archives & Special Libraries. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Murphy, Sharon, 1949- British soldier and his libraries, c. 1822-1901. London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016 1137550821 9781137550828 (OCoLC)934194594 |
| ISBN |
9781137550835 (electronic book) |
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113755083X (electronic book) |
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1137550821 |
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9781137550828 |
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9781137550828 |
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1137550821 |
| Standard No. |
9781137550828 |
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10.1057/978-1-137-55083-5. |
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