Russia and the Napoleonic Wars

Russia and the Napoleonic Wars
Author: Janet M. Hartley
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-09-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781137527998

Russia played a fundamental role in the outcome of Napoleonic Wars; the wars also had an impact on almost every area of Russian life. Russia and the Napoleonic Wars brings together significant and new research from Russian and non-Russian historians and their work demonstrates the importance of this period both for Russia and for all of Europe.

War, Empire and Slavery, 1770-1830

War, Empire and Slavery, 1770-1830
Author: R. Bessel
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2010-09-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230282695

The imperial warfare of the period 1770-1830, including the American wars of independence and the Napoleonic wars, affected every continent. Covering southern India, the Caribbean, North and South America, and southern Africa, this volume explores the impact of revolutionary wars and how people's identities were shaped by their experiences.

From Valmy to Waterloo

From Valmy to Waterloo
Author: M. Thoral
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2010-11-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230294987

Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, this book investigates the everyday human experience of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars by French military and civilians, the impact of these wars on the French nation and society, and the rise of a new kind of war in the West at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Gender, War and Politics

Gender, War and Politics
Author: K. Hagemann
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2010-09-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230283047

This volume addresses war, developing political and national identities and the changing gender regimes of Europe and the Americas between 1775 and 1830. Military and civilian experiences of war and revolution, in free and slave societies, both reflected and shaped gender concepts and practices, in relation to class, ethnicity, race and religion.

The Napoleonic Empire and the New European Political Culture

The Napoleonic Empire and the New European Political Culture
Author: M. Broers
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2012-10-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137271396

Napoleon's conquests were spectacular, but behind his wars, is an enduring legacy. A new generation of historians have re-evaluated the Napoleonic era and found that his real achievement was the creation of modern Europe as we know it.

The Bee and the Eagle

The Bee and the Eagle
Author: Alan Forrest
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2008-12-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230236731

This volume's juxtaposition of the empires of Germany and France in 1806, at the dissolution of The Holy Roman Empire, allows a comparison of their transition towards modernity, explored through the themes of Empire, monarchy, political cultures, feudalism, war and military institutions, nationalism and identity, and everyday experience.

War Memories

War Memories
Author: Alan Forrest
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-03-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780230272163

The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had an enduring influence on the collective memory of all European nations and regions, and have given them an international dimension. These essays look at how the French Wars were remembered in personal diaries, paintings and literature, allowing a comparative analysis with atransnational perspective.