Author: Sir James Ronald Leslie Macdonald
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ISBN:
Category : Africa, British East
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Soldiering and Surveying in British East Africa, 1891-1894
Author: Sir James Ronald Leslie Macdonald
Publisher:
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Category : Africa, British East
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, British East
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Soldering and Surveying in British East Africa 1891-94
Author: J ..... R ..... L ..... Macdonald
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Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The British Army, Manpower and Society into the Twenty-first Century
Author: Hew Strachan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135302057
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
These essays set the relationship between the Army and society in the context of the 20th century as a whole. They then consider the key areas of current controversy - the pressure on the Army caused by changes in society, the Army's "right to be different", race, homosexuality and gender.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135302057
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
These essays set the relationship between the Army and society in the context of the 20th century as a whole. They then consider the key areas of current controversy - the pressure on the Army caused by changes in society, the Army's "right to be different", race, homosexuality and gender.
Surveyors of Empire
Author: Stephen John Hornsby
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773538151
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
British imperial power was greatly bolstered by new techniques in surveying and map-making during the eighteenth century. Well before James Cook sailed for the Pacific in 1768, British army engineers working on the coastline from Quebec to Rhode Island had set new scientific standards for cartography that would assist the British in mapping future conquests. Surveyors of Empire explores the groundbreaking work of these engineers, which formed the basis of The Atlantic Neptune, a four-volume hydrographic atlas that stands as a monument of European Enlightenment science. Using research from both sides of the Atlantic, Stephen Hornsby examines the development of British military cartography in North America during and after the Seven Years War, as well as advancements in military and scientific equipment used in surveying. At the same time, he follows the land speculation of two leading surveyors, Samuel Holland and J.F.W. Des Barres, and the publication history of The Atlantic Neptune. Richly illustrated with images from The Atlantic Neptune and earlier maps, Surveyors of Empire is an insightful account of the relationship between science and imperialism, and the British shaping of the Atlantic world.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773538151
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
British imperial power was greatly bolstered by new techniques in surveying and map-making during the eighteenth century. Well before James Cook sailed for the Pacific in 1768, British army engineers working on the coastline from Quebec to Rhode Island had set new scientific standards for cartography that would assist the British in mapping future conquests. Surveyors of Empire explores the groundbreaking work of these engineers, which formed the basis of The Atlantic Neptune, a four-volume hydrographic atlas that stands as a monument of European Enlightenment science. Using research from both sides of the Atlantic, Stephen Hornsby examines the development of British military cartography in North America during and after the Seven Years War, as well as advancements in military and scientific equipment used in surveying. At the same time, he follows the land speculation of two leading surveyors, Samuel Holland and J.F.W. Des Barres, and the publication history of The Atlantic Neptune. Richly illustrated with images from The Atlantic Neptune and earlier maps, Surveyors of Empire is an insightful account of the relationship between science and imperialism, and the British shaping of the Atlantic world.
The Army in British India
Author: Kaushik Roy
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441177302
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
New interpretations of the Indian army of the Raj.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441177302
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
New interpretations of the Indian army of the Raj.
Allen's Indian Mail and Register of Intelligence for British & Foreign India, China, & All Parts of the East
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 964
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 964
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Allen's Indian Mail, and Register of Intelligence for British and Foreign India, China, and All Parts of the East
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The British Army 1815-1914
Author: Harold E. Raugh
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351147587
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1025
Book Description
This collection of essays examines the evolution of the British Army during the century-long Pax Britannica, from the time Wellington considered its soldiers 'the scum of the earth' to the height of the imperial epoch, when they were highly-respected 'soldiers of the Queen'. The British Army during this period was a microcosm and reflection of the larger British society. As a result, this study of the British Army focuses on its character and composition, its officers and men, efforts to improve its efficiency and effectiveness and its role and performance on active service while an instrument of British Government policy.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351147587
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1025
Book Description
This collection of essays examines the evolution of the British Army during the century-long Pax Britannica, from the time Wellington considered its soldiers 'the scum of the earth' to the height of the imperial epoch, when they were highly-respected 'soldiers of the Queen'. The British Army during this period was a microcosm and reflection of the larger British society. As a result, this study of the British Army focuses on its character and composition, its officers and men, efforts to improve its efficiency and effectiveness and its role and performance on active service while an instrument of British Government policy.
Remembering Palestine in 1948
Author: Efrat Ben-Ze'ev
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139490230
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The war of 1948 in Palestine is a conflict whose history has been written primarily from the national point of view. This book asks what happens when narratives of war arise out of personal stories of those who were involved, stories that are still unfolding. Efrat Ben-Ze'ev examines the memories of those who participated and were affected by the events of 1948, and how these events have been mythologized over time. This is a three-way conversation between Palestinian villagers, Jewish-Israeli veterans, and British policemen who were stationed in Palestine on the eve of the war. Each has his or her story to tell. These small-scale truths shed new light on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as it was then and as it has become.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139490230
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The war of 1948 in Palestine is a conflict whose history has been written primarily from the national point of view. This book asks what happens when narratives of war arise out of personal stories of those who were involved, stories that are still unfolding. Efrat Ben-Ze'ev examines the memories of those who participated and were affected by the events of 1948, and how these events have been mythologized over time. This is a three-way conversation between Palestinian villagers, Jewish-Israeli veterans, and British policemen who were stationed in Palestine on the eve of the war. Each has his or her story to tell. These small-scale truths shed new light on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as it was then and as it has become.