Format:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780748627264
Content:
The Scottish Soldier and Empire, 1854-1902 reflects upon the iconic role of the Scottish soldier as an empire builder from the Crimean War to the end of the nineteenth century.
Content:
COVER -- CONTENTS -- MAPS -- FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- GLOSSARY -- 1 THE IMAGES AND SELF-IMAGE OF THE SCOTTISH SOLDIER -- 2 THE BLACK WATCH IN WEST AFRICA -- 3 IMPERIAL TESTS: ZULUS, AFGHANS AND BOERS -- 4 HIGHLANDERS IN EGYPT -- 5 ENTERING THE SUDAN -- 6 COMMEMORATION, PROMOTION AND THE STORMING OF DARGAI HEIGHTS -- 7 RECONQUERING THE SUDAN -- 8 MAGERSFONTEIN AND ITS AFTERMATH -- 9 CITIZEN SOLDIERS IN AN IMPERIAL WAR -- EPILOGUE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748623549
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780748623549
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748627264
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748627264
