Marriage and the British Army in the long eighteenth century : 'the girl I left behind me' /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hurl-Eamon, Jennine, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Description:	vi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Great Britain. -- Army -- History -- 18th century. Great Britain. -- Army. Women -- England -- History -- 18th century. Women -- England -- Social conditions -- 18th century. Marriage -- Great Britain. Military spouses -- England -- History -- 18th century. Armed Forces -- Military life. Marriage. Military spouses. Women. Women -- Social conditions. Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- Military life. England. Great Britain. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9972786

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ISBN:	0199681007 9780199681006
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures
Abbreviations
Introduction: Locating Military Marriage in Eighteenth-Century London
1. They Also Served: State Policies Toward Wives & Wives' Duties to the State
2. Women in the Manning of the Army: Wives' and Sweethearts' Roles in Recruitment and Retention
3. Military Masculinities: Soldiers, Women, and Masculine Identity
4. The Feminine side of Esprit de Corps: Wives and Women's Place in Army Culture
5. The Home Front: Courtship, Love, Separation, and Loss
6. Making Marriage Work: Economic and Emotional Survival Strategies
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

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