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.
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.
Luke Reynolds received his Ph.D. 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. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Secretary of the Napoleonic and Revolutionary War Graves Charity, and a member of the Lambs. A lifelong New Yorker, he is an Assistant Professor in Residence 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
* 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
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