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Language: en
Pages: 132
Authors: Thomas Jackson
Categories: Great Britain
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-15 - Publisher:

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Thomas Jackson's autobiography provides a colorful account of his experiences as a militiaman, Coldstreamer, and Chelsea pensioner. Son of a Walsall bucklemaker
The Military Memoir and Romantic Literary Culture, 1780–1835
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: Neil Ramsey
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-12-05 - Publisher: Routledge

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Examining the memoirs and autobiographies of British soldiers during the Romantic period, Neil Ramsey explores the effect of these as cultural forms mediating w
The Story of Pain
Language: en
Pages: 411
Authors: Joanna Bourke
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher:

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The story of pain and suffering since the eighteenth century. Prize-winning historian Joanna Bourke charts how our understanding of pain (and how to cope with i
Soldiers as Citizens
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Nick Mansfield
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Studies in Labour History Lup

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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
Childhood and Child Labour in the British Industrial Revolution
Language: en
Pages: 455
Authors: Jane Humphries
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-24 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This is a unique account of working-class childhood during the British industrial revolution, first published in 2010. Using more than 600 autobiographies writt