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Scotland and the British Army, 1700-1750 : defending the union /
The wholesale assimilation of Scots into the British Army is largely associated with the recruitment of Highlanders during and after the Seven Years War. This important new study demonstrates that the assimilation of Lowland and Highland Scots into the British Army was a salient feature of its histo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2014.
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| Colección: | Bloomsbury studies in military history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The wholesale assimilation of Scots into the British Army is largely associated with the recruitment of Highlanders during and after the Seven Years War. This important new study demonstrates that the assimilation of Lowland and Highland Scots into the British Army was a salient feature of its history in the first half of the 18th century and was already well advanced by the outbreak of the Seven Years War. Scotland and the British Army, 1700-1750 analyses the wider policing functions of the British Army, the role of Scotland's militia and the development of Scotland's military roads and insti. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781472514899 1472514890 9781472505224 1472505220 9781474210966 1474210961 |