Last outpost on the Zulu frontiers Fort Napier and the British imperial garrison

"'Fort Napier : Outpost of the British Colonial State in Natal, 1843-1914' is a social history of the British garrison at Fort Napier, from its establishment in 1843 to its departure for the Western Front at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. The garrison remained at Fort Na...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dominy, G. A. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press 2016.
Colección:The history of military occupation.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35007886*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Fort Napier : A Garrison among Garrisons
  • From Whence They Came : An Overview of Queen Victoria's Army
  • Establishing an Imperial Presence : Bayside Battles, Diplomacy, Women's Revolts, and the Reluctant March on Maritzburg
  • Building a Fort : Plans, Impermanence, and Imperial Policies
  • Pageantry, Pioneers, Panics, and Punitive Expeditions : The Pivotal Role of the Garrison in Creating a Colonial State, 1843-63
  • Ceremonies and Crises: The Garrison in the Established Colony, 1860s-1890s
  • Soldiers in Garrison : Discipline, Indiscipline, and Mutiny
  • The Inniskilling Fusiliers : Bandits, Brawlers, or Mutineers?
  • The Garrison and the Wider Society : Placing the "Rough and the Respectable" in the Colonial Context
  • "For the Colonel's Lady and Judy O'Grady Are Sisters under Their Skins" : Class and Gender Relationships in the Garrison
  • Spending the Queen's Shilling : The Economic Influence of the Natal Garrison
  • The Garrison and the State : Changing Relationships of Power
  • Recessional : The Last of the Garrison, the Fate of the Fort, and Its Place in Folk Memories
  • Appendix: List of Regiments in Garrison in Natal/Pietermaritzburg, 1842-1914
  • Note on sources.