Resisting Napoleon

The British Response to the Threat of Invasion, 1797-1815
Herausgeber: Philp, Mark

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The long war with Revolutionary France had a fundamental impact on British political culture. Examining the dynamics of the military conflict between the two nations in this period, this book measures its impact on their domestic political cultures, and its effect on their perceptions of each other.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 193mm x 289mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9780754653134
• ISBN-10: 0754653137
• Artikelnr.: 35672268

Autorenporträt

Mark Philp is based at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: The British response to the threat of invasion
1797-1815
Mark Philp; A tale of two conflicts: critiques of the British war effort
1793-1815
Philip Harling; The sea fencibles
loyalism
and the reach of the state
Nicholas Rogers; The defence of Manchester and Liverpool in 1803: conflicts of loyalism
patriotism and the middle classes
Katrina Navickas; 'An insurrection of loyalty': the London volunteer regiments' response to the invasion threat
Jon Newman; In defence of Great Britain: Henry Addington
the Duke of York and military preparations against invasion by Napoleonic France
1803-04
Charles John Fedorak; 'This soldierlike danger': the trial of William Blake for sedition
Jon Mee and Mark Crosby; John Bull in a dream: fear and fantasy in the visual satires of 1803
Alexandra Franklin; Britain and the black legend: the genesis of the anti-Napoleonic myth
Simon Burrows; 'The cheap defence of nations': monuments and propaganda
Holger Hoock; Music and politics
1793-1815: section 1: introduction
Mark Philp; Section 2: the Volunteer Band
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Roz Southey; Section 3: 'you heroes of the day': ephemeral verse responses to the Peace of Amiens and the Napoleonic Wars
1802-04
Caroline Jackson-Houlston; Section 4: 'thus we kept away Bonaparte': music in Oxford at the time of the Napoleonic Wars
Susan Wollenberg; Anti-English discourse among the authorities: myths and realities in the northern départements
Annie Crépin and Vincent Cuvilliers; 'An inundation from our shores': travelling across the Channel around the Peace of Amiens
Renaud Morieux; Index.