British liberators in the age of Napoleon : volunteering under the Spanish flag in the Peninsular War / Graciela Iglesias Rogers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iglesias Rogers, Graciela, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--1789-1820.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History.

British Council--History.

British Council.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book unveils the role of a hitherto unrecognized group of men who, long before the International Brigades made its name in the Spanish Civil War, also found reasons to fight under the Spanish flag. Their enemy was not fascism, but what could be at times an equally overbearing ideology: Napoleon's imperialism. Although small in number, British volunteers played a surprisingly influential role in the conduct of war operations, in politics, gender and social equality, in cultural life both in Britain and Spain and even in relation to emancipation movements in Latin America. Some became priso

Contents:

Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter 1: The World of the Future Volunteers; The target for liberation; Chapter 2: Why Volunteer with the Spanish Forces?; Chapter 3: Grounds for Action: The 'Spanish Cause'; Chapter 4: An Ideology of Single-Mindedness; The so-called Marquess de La Romana's coup; British interventionism; The 'Tilly Affair'; British caudillos or liberators?; Chapter 5: Interpreters and Disseminators of Culture; Chapter 6: Accidental Agents of Social Change; Educating for liberation

In the land of Amazons and orphansChapter 7: 'Half Spanish, Half English, and Wholly Patriot'; Tensions among friends; Relations with Moore and Wellington; A question of identity; Chapter 8: The Aftermath; An international network of liberation; Conclusion; Appendices; Glossary; Biographical Notes; Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Conclusion; Bibliography; Primary sources; Secondary sources; Unpublished thesis; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283874380

1283874385

9781441103741

1441103740

OCLC:

823726265