Wellington's Men in Australia : Peninsular War Veterans and the Making of Empire c. 1820-40 /

An exploration of the little-known yet historically important emigration of British army officers to the Australian colonies in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The book looks at the significant impact they made at a time of great colonial expansion, particularly in new south Wales with its tra...

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Main Author:	Wright, Christine (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:	War, culture and society, 1750-1850.
Subjects:	History. Australasian History. History of Britain and Ireland. Imperialism and Colonialism. Modern History. Social History. World History, Global and Transnational History. History, Modern. Imperialism. Social history. World history. Great Britain > History. Islands of the Pacific > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book