Militarized Cultural Encounters in the Long Nineteenth Century Making War, Mapping Europe |
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Editor:
| Clarke, Joseph Horne, John |
Series title: | War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850 Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-3-319-78228-7 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2018 |
Publisher: | Springer International Publishing AG
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Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $159.99USD $139.99 |
Book Description:
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This book explores European soldiers' encounters with their continent's exotic frontiers from the French Revolution to the First World War. In numerous military expeditions to Italy, Spain, Russia, Greece and the 'Levant' they found wild landscapes and strange societies inhabited by peoples who needed to be 'civilized.' Yet often they also discovered founding sites of Europe's own 'civilization' (Rome, Jerusalem) or decaying reminders of ancient grandeur. The resulting...
More DescriptionThis book explores European soldiers' encounters with their continent's exotic frontiers from the French Revolution to the First World War. In numerous military expeditions to Italy, Spain, Russia, Greece and the 'Levant' they found wild landscapes and strange societies inhabited by peoples who needed to be 'civilized.' Yet often they also discovered founding sites of Europe's own 'civilization' (Rome, Jerusalem) or decaying reminders of ancient grandeur. The resulting encounters proved seminal in forging a military version of the 'civilizing mission' that shaped Europe's image of itself as well as its relations with its own periphery during the long nineteenth century.