Wellington's men in Australia : peninsular war and the making of empire c.1820-40 / Christine Wright...
Wellington's men in Australia : peninsular war and the making of empire c.1820-40 / Christine Wright...
Wellington's men in Australia : peninsular war and the making of empire c.1820-40 / Christine Wright.
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Publisher
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Date
2011.
Call Numbers
H 2013/6647 , 305.82109/5
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Language
English
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Physical content
243 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 'Emigration is a matter of necessity': the Aftermath of the Peninsular War -- 'They make Ancestry': Peninsular War Veterans as Officers and Gentlemen -- 'We are in sight of each other': the Social Networks of...
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Publisher
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Date Published
2011.
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Summary
"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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Wellington's men in Australia : peninsular war and the making of empire c.1820-40 / Christine Wright.
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Includes index.
Mitchell Library Copy: transferred from REF 1/305.82109/6.
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H 2013/6647 , 305.82109/5
Record Identifier
74VKzl7m6KVA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzl7m6KVA
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ISBN
9780230252301
0230252303
DDC
305.82109409034
MMS ID
991023622409702626
