Soldiers as Workers
Soldiers as Workers The book outlines how class is single most important factor in understanding the British army in the period of industrialisation. They worked as artisans, servants and dealers,…
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Soldiers as Workers
The book outlines how class is single most important factor in understanding the British army in the period of industrialisation. They worked as artisans, servants and dealers, displaying pre-enlistment working class attitudes and evidencing low level class conflict in numerous ways. It challenges the 'ruffians officered by gentlemen' theory of most military histories and demonstrates how service in the ranks was not confined to 'the scum of the earth' but included a cross section of 'respectable' working class men.Common soldiers represent a huge unstudied occupational group.
Soldiers continued as members of the working class after discharge, with military service forming one phase of their careers and overall life experience.After training, most common soldiers had time on their hands and were allowed to work at a wide variety of jobs, analysed here for the first time. Many
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