Militarized Cultural Encounters in the Long Nineteenth Century - Making War, Mapping Europe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

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 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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850
Release date:	August 2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	Joseph Clarke • John Horne
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	370
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-78228-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	3-319-78228-2
Barcode:	9783319782287

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