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Soldiers as workers : class, employment, conflict and the nineteenth-century military /

The book outlines how class is single most important factor in understanding the British army in the period of industrialisation. It challenges the 'ruffians officered by gentlemen' theory of most military histories and demonstrates how service in the ranks was not confined to 'the sc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mansfield, Nick (Historian) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2016.
Colección:Studies in labour history (Liverpool University Press) ; 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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