The British Army in the West Indies : society and the military in the revolutionary age /

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Author / Creator:Buckley, Roger Norman, 1937-
Imprint:Gainesville : University Press of Florida ; Barbados : Press University of the West Indies, c1998.
Description:xx, 441 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3430778
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ISBN:0813016045 (University Press of Fla.)
9766400636 (Press University of the West Indies)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-426) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. The Environmental Setting and Development of the West Indian Garrison. 1. Adjusting to the West Indian Physical Environment. 2. Formation of the West Indian Garrison
  • Pt. 2. The Garrison Community. 3. Give Me Men, Any Men! - And Boys Too! 4. Military Artisans, Dependents, and Civilians
  • Pt. 3. Conflict, Death, and Hardship as Inevitable Experiences. 5. Civil-Military Relations. 6. "Treat Them All Like Slaves": Crimes and Punishments. 7. The Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon in the West Indies, 1792-1802, 1803-1815. 8. The Other War: The Struggle against Disease and the Revolution in Military Medicine
  • Pt. 4. The West Indian Experience. 9. The Soldiers and Their World: A Day in the Life of the Garrison. 10. The West Indies Remembered. 11. Conclusion.