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Author Mansfield, Nick (Historian), author.

Title Soldiers as citizens : popular politics and the nineteenth-century British military / Nick Mansfield.

Publication Info. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2019.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in labour history
Studies in labour history (Liverpool University Press)
Contents Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Illustrations; 1. Introduction; Subject matter; Argument; The French Wars, the Industrial Revolution and the labour movement; Literacy and rank-and-file memoirs; Barracks; Empire; 2. Politics and the Military, 1790-1832; Introduction; Whigs; Whig Generals; Radical Whig Officers; Tories; 3. Radicalism and the Military, 1790-1866; Introduction; Radical views of the military; Radicals as soldiers' friends; Purchase and flogging; Radical military theory; John Cartwright (1740-1824); William Cobbett (1763-1835); Pike warfare
Richard Carlile and The Political SoldierSoldier radicalism in the Empire; Soldiers siding with the people against the authorities; Soldiers' knowledge of radical ideas and events; Methodism; Conclusion: A 'soldiers' republic'?; 4. Protest and Subversion, 1790-1850; Introduction; Riots and protests in the 1790s; Ireland and Scotland; Subversive handbills; The Despard conspiracy; Luddites and trade unions; Post-war discontent, 1815-16; Spies and drilling; Pentrich rising, 1817; Peterloo, 1819; Scotland, 1820; Grange Moor, 1820; The Cato Street Conspiracy, 1820
Queen Caroline agitation, 1820-21East Lancashire Loom Riots, 1826; The Reform crisis, 1831-32; Chartism; Pensioners and Chartists; 1848; Conclusion; 5. Military Radicals, 1790-1850; Eighteenth-century military radicals; The impact of the French Revolution; The Napoleonic wars; The Napier brothers; Officer military radicals, 1815-50; Rank-and-file military radicals, 1815-50; Owenites; Chartism; Conclusion; 6. Overseas Military Adventurers, 1770-1861; Introduction; America; Ireland; Latin America; Greece; Spain, 1820-23; Portugal, 1832-33; British Auxiliary Legion (BAL); Italy; Irish Fenians
Conclusion7. Loyalism, Nationalism and the Army, 1790-1860; Introduction; Subscriptions and commemoration; 'One Englishman ... '; Keenness for battle; Valiant Stormers and saving the colours; Incipient imperialism; Anti-radicalism amongst soldiers; Conclusion: Paternalism?; 8. Popular Imperialism, Democracy, Conservatism and Socialism, 1850-1900; Introduction; High politics; Cardwell; Popular imperialism; Racism; Ex-Servicemen's organisations and commemoration; Conservative officers; Continuing officer support for Liberalism; Post-Chartist military radicals; In support of the civil power
Democracy and votingSoldier socialists; Conclusion; 9. Conclusion; Postscript: The Great War; Bibliography; Index
Summary This is the first exploration of the British army to combine labour, political and military history. It analyses the political lives of nineteenth century rank and file soldiers in the context of a developing working-class culture. It focuses on the significant radical and socialist movements, alongside influential working-class conservatism.
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Subject Great Britain. Army -- History -- 19th century.
Great Britain. Army.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Grande-Bretagne. Army -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Soldiers -- Political activity -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Soldiers -- Political activity.
Great Britain.
Soldiers.
Sociology, Military -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Sociology, Military.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Mansfield, Nick. Soldiers As Citizens : Popular Politics and the Nineteenth-Century British Military. Oxford : Liverpool University Press, ©2019 9781789620863
ISBN 1789624932 (electronic book)
9781789624939 (electronic book)
9781789620863 (hardback)