Introduction -- Gender and the New Militia -- The Affair of the Hanoverian Soldier -- The Militia in Satirical Prints -- Numbering the Fighting Men -- Training the Militia -- Army Versus Militia -- The Material Life of the Militiaman -- Supporting the Civil Power -- Citizen Soldiers? -- Conclusion
Summary
Matthew McCormack re-examines the debates on the 18th-century militia, and argues that military reform was informed and driven by concerns about politics, nationalism, and gender, taking examples from areas of military life such as physical training, masculine honour, material culture, self-identity, and citizenship
