Wellington's men in Australia Peninsular War veterans and the making of empire c.1820-40 / [electronic resource] :

• 作者： Wright, Christine, 1948-
• 其他題名：
  • War, culture and society, 1750-1850
• 出版： Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• 叢書名： War, culture and society, 1750-1850
• 主題： British--Australia--History--19th century. , Peninsular War, 1807-1814--Veterans--Great Britain. , Immigrants--Australia--History--19th century. , History , Social Science. , Political science , HISTORY--Australia & New Zealand. , HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain. , HISTORY--Modern--19th Century. , HISTORY--Social History. , Australia--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century. , Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century. , Australia--History--1788-1900. , Electronic books.
• ISBN： 9780230306035 (electronic bk.) 、 0230306039 (electronic bk.)
• FIND@SFXID: CGU
• 資料類型: 電子書
• 內容註: Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-238) and index. Introduction: 'war was our trade' -- 'Emigration is a matter of necessity': the aftermath of the Peninsular War -- 'They make Ancestry': veterans as officers and gentlemen -- 'We are in sight of each other': the social networks of veterans -- 'Attached to the Protestant succession': the religious influence of veterans -- 'An art which owes its perfection to war': skills of veterans -- 'With all the authority of European despots': veterans as men of authority -- 'In the midst of the Goths': the artistic, literary and cultural legacy of veterans -- 'To pave the way for the free settler': British soldiers on the frontier -- Conclusion.
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• 摘要註: "During the Peninsular War, the latter part of the Napoleonic wars fought in Spain and Portugal between 1808-1814, many men were commissioned as officers, usually without purchase, into the British army and, at war's end, these men found themselves desperately looking for something to do. Peninsular War veterans, and their cohort, found New South Wales ideal: it was opening up for free emigrants, British army officers could obtain land grants, and they could obtain cheap convict labour to work the land. Christine Wright explores how these particular veterans had a profound impact on New South Wales (and other Australian colonies) at a time of expanded growth: how they were the nucleus of colonial power structures, that their social networks influenced the pattern of settlement, they had the latest technical skills in medicine, surveying, mapmaking and engineering and, more astonishingly, that they played a crucial role in the development of colonial art and literature"--Provided by publisher. "An exploration of the little-known yet historically important emigration of British army officers to the Australian colonies in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The book looks at the significant impact they made at a time of great colonial expansion, particularly in new south Wales with its transition from a convict colony to a free society"--
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