Women of the Regiment : marriage and the Victorian army / Myna Trustram
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TextPublisher number: :International Book Distributors | :Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New DelhiPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008Description: ix, 262p. 24cmISBN: 9780521073288Subject(s): Public Administration & Military Science | Military Science | Military dependents -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Marriage | Military dependents | Social conditionsGenre/Form: Women.DDC classification: 355.120941 TRU | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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. Introduction; 2. The Victorian army; 3. 'Mrs Thomas Atkins': the regulation of marriage; 4. 'Legalised seducers': the obligation of a soldier to maintain his wife and children; 5. The service family; 6. 'That which a woman does cheerfully out of barracks...': regimental employment of wives; 7. Prostitution and venereal disease; 8. Poor relief; 9. Philanthropy; 10. Epilogue: discipline and division.
This book is a detailed study of the domestic background of life in the Victorian army. It describes the lives of women who lived on the edge of the regimental community as wives, daughters, prostitutes, lovers and workers
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