The British Armed Nation, 1793-1815
The British Armed Nation, 1793-1815
复制标题
英国武装国家，1793-1815 年
DOI：
10.2307/2650502
复制
发表时间：
1997
影响因子：
0.4
通讯作者：
J. Cookson
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Neville Thompson;J. Cookson
这本书论述了法国大革命和拿破仑战争对不列颠群岛的影响。以前的工作集中在与法国冲突有关的意识形态形成，特别是反革命的忠诚和英国思想。在这里，库克森博士提供了一个新的角度对社会的反应要求的战争，通过详细审查动员武装力量的正规军，民兵和志愿者，以回应法国包围英国和爱尔兰。库克森博士的研究揭示了英国国家的本质及其对社会自组织能力的依赖程度。他用动员的证据来展示不列颠群岛不同地区国家和社会性质的差异，并考察了工会对苏格兰和爱尔兰身份的影响。在英国，他展示了动员往往更多地归功于工人阶级的实用主义和城市统治者的“城镇建设”利益，而不是国防爱国主义。其结果是一个迷人的“战争与社会”的研究，这也是一个重大贡献的城市历史。
This book deals with the impact of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars on the British Isles. Previous work has concentrated on the ideological formations associated with the French conflict, especially anti-revolutionary loyalism and ideas of Britishness. Here, Dr Cookson provides a new perspective on the social response to the demands of war, through a detailed examination of the mobilization of armed force for the regular army, militia, and volunteers in response to the French encirclement of Britain and Ireland. Dr Cookson's study sheds interesting light on the nature of the British state and the extent of its dependence on society's self-organizing powers. He uses the evidence on mobilization to show the differences in the nature of state and society in various parts of the British Isles, and examines the impact on Scottish and Irish identities within the unions. In England, he shows how mobilization often owed more to working-class pragmatism and the 'town-making' interests of urban rulers than to national defence patriotism. The result is a fascinating 'war and society' study which is also a significant contribution to urban history.