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ISBN10: 0292780400, ISBN13: 9780292780408, [publisher: University of Texas Press] Hardcover In her investigation of the social history of the common British soldier in the era of the American Revolution, Sylvia Frey has extensively surveyed recruiting records, contemporary training manuals, statutes, and memoirs in an attempt to provide insight into the soldier's "life and mind." In the process she has discovered more about the common soldier than anyone thought possible: his social origins and occupational background, his size, age, and general physical condition, his personal economics and daily existence. Her findings dispel the traditional assumption that the army was made up largely of criminals and social misfits.Special attention is given to soldiering as an occupation. Focusing on two of the major campaigns of the war-the Northern Campaign which culminated at Saratoga and the Southern Campaign which ended at Yorktown-Frey describes the human face of war, with particular emphasis on the physical and psychic strains of campaigning in the eighteenth century.Perhaps the most important part of the work is the analysis of the moral and material factors which induced men to accept the high risks of soldiering. Frey rejects the traditional assumption that soldiers were motivated to fight exclusively by fear and force and argues instead that the primary motivation to battle was generated by regimental esprit, which in the eighteenth century substituted f ...
University of Texas Press, Date: 1981-06-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardback, no dust jacket. Former Library copy 1981. University of Texas Press ISBN 0292780400 9780292780408 [US]
ISBN10: 0292780400, ISBN13: 9780292780408, [publisher: University of Texas Press] Hardcover First Edition Ex-library copy with stickers on front free end paper and inside back cover. Dust jacket is encased in clear protective cover, which has two additional stickers. A number is stamped on the top edge; otherwise top, side, and bottom edges are unmarked. Some shelf wear on top and bottom of hardcover. Binding is sturdy. Dust jacket is very good under its protective cover. Pages, hardcover, and dust jacket are clean and unmarked. Free shipping within the US. [Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
University of Texas Press, Date: 1981. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1981. University of Texas Press ISBN 0292780400 9780292780408 [US]
ISBN10: 0292780400, ISBN13: 9780292780408, [publisher: University of Texas Press] Hardcover Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1 [AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
University of Texas Press. A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in very good condition, faint tiny stains on top edge of textblock. DJ in very good condition with faint light stain to rear, now in protective mylar cover. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Date: 1981. 1981. University of Texas Press ISBN 0292780400 9780292780408 [US]
University of Texas Press 1981 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good in Near Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in very good condition, faint tiny stains on top edge of textblock. DJ in very good condition with faint light stain to rear, now in protective mylar cover.
University of Texas Press, Date: 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Clean blue cloth boards with title on spine. Text pages are crisp and clean. Very nice color illustrated dust jacket shows minor edge wear and soil. Looks very nice in protective mylar. 1981. University of Texas Press ISBN 0292780400 9780292780408 [US]
University of Texas Press 1981 1981 Hard cover Very Good, Very Good 8VO, 211 pgs., Hardcover. Hardcover. Clean blue cloth boards with title on spine. Text pages are crisp and clean. Very nice color illustrated dust jacket shows minor edge wear and soil. Looks very nice in protective mylar.
ISBN10: 0292780400, ISBN13: 9780292780408, [publisher: University of Texas Press] Hardcover 8VO, 211 pgs., Hardcover Hardcover. Clean blue cloth boards with title on spine. Text pages are crisp and clean. Very nice color illustrated dust jacket shows minor edge wear and soil. Looks very nice in protective mylar. [Farmingville, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
ISBN10: 0292780400, ISBN13: 9780292780408, [publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas] Hardcover First Edition Excellent, scholarly study of the British soldier during the American Revolution. Contents include: Volunteers and Conscripts, Diseases and Doctors, Rewards and Recreation, Crimes and Courts, Training and Campaigning, Bonds and Banners. The text is interspersed with 12 tables, and an appendix includes the "Parliamentary Debate on Responsibility for the British Loss in America." The author focuses on examples of events leading up to two of the major campaigns of the war: Saratoga and Yorktown. Blue cloth with bright gilt spine title. Dust jacket chipped at lower rear edge near spine with edge tear; in mylar cover. [Oreland, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
ISBN10: 0292780400, ISBN13: 9780292780408, [publisher: University of Texas Press] Hardcover Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within [Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
Good+ HC in Good+ DJ. Dark blue clothover boards, gilt letters. Bright, clean covers and spine; very slight bow to front cover; tightly bound; light foxing on text block edges and on end papers; clean interior. DJ is clean and complete; light foxing on back cover and fold-in flaps and very light on front cover. 8vo, 211 pp; index, biblio. Date: 1981. University of Texas Press ISBN 0292780400 9780292780408 [US]
University of Texas Press 1981 Hard cover Good Univ Texas, 1981; 1st edition. Good+ HC in Good+ DJ. Dark blue clothover boards, gilt letters. Bright, clean covers and spine; very slight bow to front cover; tightly bound; light foxing on text block edges and on end papers; clean interior. DJ is clean and complete; light foxing on back cover and fold-in flaps and very light on front cover. 8vo, 211 pp; index, biblio.
ISBN10: 0292780400, ISBN13: 9780292780408, [publisher: Austin, TX: Univ of Texas Press] Hardcover First Edition Good+ HC in Good+ DJ. Dark blue clothover boards, gilt letters. Bright, clean covers and spine; very slight bow to front cover; tightly bound; light foxing on text block edges and on end papers; clean interior. DJ is clean and complete; light foxing on back cover and fold-in flaps and very light on front cover. 8vo, 211 pp; index, biblio. [Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
ISBN10: 0292780400, ISBN13: 9780292780408, [publisher: University of Texas Press] Hardcover New. Fast Shipping and good customer service [Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1981]
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