9780674082496 - British Military Spectacle: From the Napoleonic Wars Through the Crimea von Myerly, Scott Hughes (12 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A near-fine copy in a near-fine jacket. A clean, tight, unread copy with price ($35.00) intact on front flap.

hardcover. Zustand: Used-Very Good. First Edition. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear and edge-wear. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($35.00 price intact). Published by Harvard University Press, 1996. Octavo. Black boards over red/orange boards stamped in white. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Light spotting to page ends. Dust jacket is like new. 293 pages. ISBN: 9780674082496. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell.

Zustand: As New. Like New condition. Like New dust jacket. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. In the theatre of war, how important is costume? And in peacetime, what purpose does military spectacle serve? This book goes behind the scenes of the British military at its height to show how dress and discipline helped mould the military man while serving to intimidate civil rioters in peacetime. Often ridiculed for their constrictive splendour, British army uniforms of the early-19th century nonetheless played a role in the troops' performance on campaign, in battle, and as entertainment in peacetime. Plumbing a wide variety of military sources, most tellingly the memoirs and letters of soldiers and civilians, Scott Hughes Myerly reveals how these ornate sartorial creations, combining symbols of solidarity and inspiration, vivid colour and physical restraint, enhanced the managerial effects of rigid discipline, drill, and torturous punishments, but also helped foster regimental "esprit de corps". Encouraging recruitment, enforcing discipline within the military, and boosting morale were essential but not the only conditions of martial dress. Myerly also explores the role of the resplendent uniform and its associated gaudy trappings and customs during civil peace and disorder - whether employed as public relations through spectacular free entertainment, or imitated by rioters and rebels opposing the status quo. Dress, drills, parades, inspections, pomp and order: as this illustrated book conducts us through the details of the creation, design, functions and meaning of these aspects of the martial image, it exposes the underpinnings of a mentality - and vision - that extends far beyond the military subculture into the civic and social order that we call modernity. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Zustand: Good. Original boards, dust jacket, some illustrations in colour, 8vo.

Original publisher's black cloth spine, brown paper-covered boards, white title spine, illustrated dustjacket, 8vo:x, 294 pp., 33 coloured and bl.& wh. illustrations, footnotes & references, list with references illustrations, bibliography, index, table of contents. Very fine copy - as new.

Hardcover/Hardback. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. 204 pages (x, 194) plus 32 plates, most of them in full-colour; bibliographic notes, index; publisher's orange boards backed in black cloth, titled in white; black, red and full-colour pictorial dust-jacket. Fine, no marks of previous ownership, unread; unclipped jacket. Pictures show this actual book. UK orders are post-free.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Includes several b/w and colour illustrations. x+293pp.