| Description |
1 online resource (507 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Revivals Series |
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Routledge Revivals Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Plates -- Preface -- Note on Abbreviations and the Method of Describing Sources -- Introduction -- Part One: The Militia of the Restoration -- I. The Origins and Character of the Restoration Militia Acts -- II. Triumphs and Reverses, 1660-70 -- III. Eighty Years' Decay, C. 1670-1757 -- Part Two: The Restoration of the Militia -- IV. The Militia and Party Politics. (From Shaftesbury to Walpole) -- V. New Trends in Strategy and Politics, 1739-57 |
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VI. The Making of the New Militia, 1755-9 -- (II) : The Act of 1758 and the Struggle for Enforcement -- (III) : The Invasion Scare of 1759: the Militia in Being at Last -- VII. 1760-The Frustrated Counter-Attack -- VIII. The Struggle for Permanence, 1761-86 -- IX. An Epilogue of Expansion, 1775-1802 -- Part Three: The New Militia at Work -- X. Raising the Men -- (II) Who Served in the Militia? -- (III) What Militia Men would Enter the Army? -- XI. The Obstacles to Real Conscription -- (I) Administrative, Especially in Urban Areas -- (II) Economic, Especially the Cost of the Families |
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(III) Political: the Militia Riots -- XII. The Officers -- XIII. Pay, Clothing and Equipment -- XIV. The Routine of Life During Service -- XV. How Efficient was the Militia? -- Conclusion -- Appendices: -- A. Dates of the First Formation and Embodiment of the Militia in Each County, 1758-78 -- B. Militia Quotas of Each County and Units into which Formed, 1757-1802 -- C. MPs at a Meeting of Friends of the Militia, April 1759 -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781003816164 |
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1003816169 |
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