LEADER 03382nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910779461103321 005 20230803020203.0 010 $a1-283-87438-5 010 $a1-4411-0374-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000709866 035 $a(EBL)1094070 035 $a(OCoLC)823726265 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000810546 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12363652 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000810546 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10833675 035 $a(PQKB)11447987 035 $a(OCoLC)847599448 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1094070 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1094070 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10638832 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL418688 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000709866 100 $a20160210d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBritish liberators in the age of Napoleon$b[electronic resource] $evolunteering under the Spanish flag in the Peninsular War /$fGraciela Iglesias Rogers 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cBloomsbury Publishing$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (353 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4725-7533-4 311 $a1-4411-3565-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle 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 327 $aIn 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3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Conclusion; Bibliography; Primary sources; Secondary sources; Unpublished thesis; Index 330 $aThis book unveils the role of a hitherto unrecognized group of men who, long before the International Brigades made its name in the Spanish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 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$y1789-1820 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory 676 $a940.278 700 $aIglesias Rogers$b Graciela$f1963-$01472499 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779461103321 996 $aBritish liberators in the age of Napoleon$93685328 997 $aUNINA