Author: Carolyn Steedman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317266099
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
First published in 1988, The Radical Soldier’s Tale is both an introduction to and a transcript of his ‘Memoirs’, written after his retirement in 1881. In this autobiography he presents his life as a soldier during the Sikh Wars, his life as a policeman, and the ideologies which divided people from each other in the societies he had known and read about. Carolyn Steedman introduces the ‘Memoirs’ by placing the document in its textual context, as well as the context of history and politics, and shows how it directs fascinating light on popular political thought in the mid-Victorian years. In her introduction she looks closely at the kind of narratives people have access to in different social circumstances and the stories they tell themselves to explain who they are. This book will be of particular interest to students of Victorian history and politics.
The Radical Soldier's Tale
Author: Carolyn Steedman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317266099
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
First published in 1988, The Radical Soldier’s Tale is both an introduction to and a transcript of his ‘Memoirs’, written after his retirement in 1881. In this autobiography he presents his life as a soldier during the Sikh Wars, his life as a policeman, and the ideologies which divided people from each other in the societies he had known and read about. Carolyn Steedman introduces the ‘Memoirs’ by placing the document in its textual context, as well as the context of history and politics, and shows how it directs fascinating light on popular political thought in the mid-Victorian years. In her introduction she looks closely at the kind of narratives people have access to in different social circumstances and the stories they tell themselves to explain who they are. This book will be of particular interest to students of Victorian history and politics.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317266099
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
First published in 1988, The Radical Soldier’s Tale is both an introduction to and a transcript of his ‘Memoirs’, written after his retirement in 1881. In this autobiography he presents his life as a soldier during the Sikh Wars, his life as a policeman, and the ideologies which divided people from each other in the societies he had known and read about. Carolyn Steedman introduces the ‘Memoirs’ by placing the document in its textual context, as well as the context of history and politics, and shows how it directs fascinating light on popular political thought in the mid-Victorian years. In her introduction she looks closely at the kind of narratives people have access to in different social circumstances and the stories they tell themselves to explain who they are. This book will be of particular interest to students of Victorian history and politics.
Bulletin
Author: Boston Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)
Bibliotheca Norfolciensis
Author: Jeremiah James Colman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Norfolk (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Norfolk (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
Publisher:
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Imperial Boredom
Author: Jeffrey A. Auerbach
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192562304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Imperial Boredom offers a radical reconsideration of the British Empire during its heyday in the nineteenth century. Challenging the long-established view that the empire was about adventure and excitement, with heroic men and intrepid women eagerly spreading commerce and civilization around the globe, this thoroughly researched, engagingly written, and lavishly illustrated account suggests instead that boredom was central to the experience of empire. Combining individual stories of pain and perseverance with broader analysis, Professor Auerbach considers what it was actually like to sail to Australia, to serve as a soldier in South Africa, or to accompany a colonial official to the hill stations of India. He reveals that for numerous men and women, from explorers to governors, tourists to settlers, the Victorian Empire was dull and disappointing. Drawing on diaries, letters, memoirs, and travelogues, Imperial Boredom demonstrates that all across the empire, men and women found the landscapes monotonous, the physical and psychological distance from home debilitating, the routines of everyday life wearisome, and their work tedious and unfulfilling. The empires early years may have been about wonder and marvel, but the Victorian Empire was a far less exciting project. Many books about the British Empire focus on what happened; this book concentrates on how people felt.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192562304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Imperial Boredom offers a radical reconsideration of the British Empire during its heyday in the nineteenth century. Challenging the long-established view that the empire was about adventure and excitement, with heroic men and intrepid women eagerly spreading commerce and civilization around the globe, this thoroughly researched, engagingly written, and lavishly illustrated account suggests instead that boredom was central to the experience of empire. Combining individual stories of pain and perseverance with broader analysis, Professor Auerbach considers what it was actually like to sail to Australia, to serve as a soldier in South Africa, or to accompany a colonial official to the hill stations of India. He reveals that for numerous men and women, from explorers to governors, tourists to settlers, the Victorian Empire was dull and disappointing. Drawing on diaries, letters, memoirs, and travelogues, Imperial Boredom demonstrates that all across the empire, men and women found the landscapes monotonous, the physical and psychological distance from home debilitating, the routines of everyday life wearisome, and their work tedious and unfulfilling. The empires early years may have been about wonder and marvel, but the Victorian Empire was a far less exciting project. Many books about the British Empire focus on what happened; this book concentrates on how people felt.
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates
Author:
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates ...: A-Byzantium. 1867
Author: Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates ...: A-Byzantium. 1867
Author: Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
The collections of the Advocates Library, with the exception of its legal books and manuscripts, were given by the Advocates to the National Library of Scotland in 1925.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
The collections of the Advocates Library, with the exception of its legal books and manuscripts, were given by the Advocates to the National Library of Scotland in 1925.
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates
Author: Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description