Luke Reynolds

Who Owned Waterloo?

Battle, Memory, and Myth in British History, 1815-1852

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Produktbeschreibung

After the Battle of Waterloo, Britain actively incorporated the victory into their national identity. Who Owned Waterloo? demonstrates that Waterloo's significance to Britain's national psyche resulted in a different battle: one in which civilian and military groups fought to establish claims on different aspects of the battle and its remembrance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9780192864994
• ISBN-10: 0192864998
• Artikelnr.: 66150164

Autorenporträt

Luke Reynolds received his PhD from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and also holds degrees from Trinity College, Dublin, Hunter College, CUNY, and the University of Cambridge. A born-and-raised New Yorker, he is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut's Stamford Campus.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: 'The Ever-Memorable Battle of Waterloo'
* 1: 'The most uncomfortable heap of glory that I ever had a hand in':
Histories and Memoirs
* 2: 'The great English pilgrimage': Battlefield Tourism, Relics, and
Ownership of the Field
* 3: 'Demonstrations of true British feeling and exultation': Annual
Commemorations
* 4: 'The fullest instruction on a subject so illustrious': Exhibitions
* 5: 'Grand Military and National Spectacle': Waterloo on Stage and
Canvas
* 6: 'To commemorate the English character': Monuments and Material
Culture
* Epilogue: 'The last great Englishman is low': The Funeral of the Duke
of Wellington
* Appendix: Military Plays and Hippodramas before and after Waterloo