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The British Soldier and his Libraries, c. 1822-1901
Sharon Murphy
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Description for The British Soldier and his Libraries, c. 1822-1901
Paperback. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
The British Soldier and his Libraries, c. 1822-1901 considers the history of the libraries that the East India Company and Regular Army respectively established for soldiers during the nineteenth century. Drawing upon a wide range of material, including archival sources, official reports, and soldiers’ memoirs and letters, this book explores the motivations of those who were responsible for the setting up and/or operation of the libraries, and examines what they reveal about attitudes to military readers in particular and, more broadly, to working-class readers – and leisure – at this period. Murphy’s study also considers the contents of the libraries, identifying ... Read more
The British Soldier and his Libraries, c. 1822-1901 considers the history of the libraries that the East India Company and Regular Army respectively established for soldiers during the nineteenth century. Drawing upon a wide range of material, including archival sources, official reports, and soldiers’ memoirs and letters, this book explores the motivations of those who were responsible for the setting up and/or operation of the libraries, and examines what they reveal about attitudes to military readers in particular and, more broadly, to working-class readers – and leisure – at this period. Murphy’s study also considers the contents of the libraries, identifying ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
Series
War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349715596
SKU
V9781349715596
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Ref
99-15
About Sharon Murphy
Sharon Murphy is Lecturer in the School of English at Dublin City University, Ireland, where she is also Director of the Master’s in Children’s Literature programme. She is a graduate of University College Dublin, and of the University of Dublin, Trinity College. She is the author of Maria Edgeworth and Romance (2004), and has also contributed to essay collections and ... Read more
Reviews for The British Soldier and his Libraries, c. 1822-1901
“There is much of interest in this book–it blends army life in India with changing attitudes at ‘Home’, in Victorian Britain, and shows how the soldier’s life undoubtedly got better during the 19th century. That the civilising influence of libraries had much to do with this may be questionable, but Murphy’s book provides a well-researched and readable argument in its ... Read more