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West African soldiers in Britain's colonial army (1860-1960)
- Title
- West African soldiers in Britain's colonial army (1860-1960) / Timothy Stapleton.
- Author
- Stapleton, Timothy J. (Timothy Joseph), 1967-
- Publication
- Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2022.
- ©2022
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- Description
- ix, 390 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "West African Soldiers in Britain's Colonial Army, 1860-1960 explores the history of Britain's West African colonial army based in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia placing it within a broader social context and emphasizing, as far as possible, the experience of the ordinary soldier. The aim is not to describe the many battles and campaigns fought by this force but to look at the development of the West African colonial army as an institution over the course of about a century. In pursuing this goal, it is sometimes useful to employ the lens of military culture defined differently by scholars but essentially meaning a set of shared ideas and behaviors that inform daily life in the military. While other locally recruited colonial militaries in Africa have attracted considerable attention from historians as they served as an essential pillar supporting European rule, this book represents the first comprehensive scholarly study of Britain's West African army which was the largest such British-led force south of the Sahara. The study is based on extensive archival research conducted in nine archives located in five countries"--
- Series Statement
- Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228 ; 94
- Uniform Title
- Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 94.
- Subject
- Great Britain. Army. West Africa Command > History
- Great Britain. Army. Royal West African Frontier Force > History
- Great Britain. Army. West Africa Command > Military life
- Great Britain. Army. Royal West African Frontier Force > Military life
- Great Britain. Army. Royal West African Frontier Force
- 1800-1999
- Soldiers, Black > Africa, West > Social conditions > 19th century
- Soldiers, Black > Africa, West > Social conditions > 20th century
- Armed Forces > Military life
- West Africa
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Slave origins -- Identities: Nigeria and Ghana -- Identities: Sierra Leone and the Gambia -- Religion -- Symbols -- Health -- Women -- Flogging -- Mutiny -- Murder and mayhem -- Former soldiers.
- Call Number
- Sc E 22-1262
- ISBN
- 9781648250255
- 1648250254
- LCCN
- 2021033998
- OCLC
- 1260341535
- Author
- Stapleton, Timothy J. (Timothy Joseph), 1967- author.
- Title
- West African soldiers in Britain's colonial army (1860-1960) / Timothy Stapleton.
- Publisher
- Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228 ; 94Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 94.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1999
- Other Form:
- Online version: Stapleton, Timothy. West African soldiers in Britain's colonial army (1860-1960) Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2021 9781800104198 (DLC) 2021033999
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 22-1262