Book ID: CBB001422026

Disease, War, and the Imperial State: The Welfare of the British Armed Forces during the Seven Years' War (2014)

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Charters, Erica (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: 296 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

The Seven Years' War, often called the first global war, spanned North America, the West Indies, Europe, and India. In these locations diseases such as scurvy, smallpox, and yellow fever killed far more than combat did, stretching the resources of European states. In Disease, War, and the Imperial State, Erica Charters demonstrates how disease played a vital role in shaping strategy and campaigning, British state policy, and imperial relations during the Seven Years' War. Military medicine was a crucial component of the British war effort; it was central to both eighteenth-century scientific innovation and the moral authority of the British state. Looking beyond the traditional focus of the British state as a fiscal war-making machine, Charters uncovers an imperial state conspicuously attending to the welfare of its armed forces, investing in medical research, and responding to local public opinion. Charters shows military medicine to be a credible scientific endeavor that was similarly responsive to local conditions and demands. Disease, War, and the Imperial State is an engaging study of early modern warfare and statecraft, one focused on the endless and laborious task of managing manpower in the face of virulent disease in the field, political opposition at home, and the clamor of public opinion in both Britain and its colonies.

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Review Matthew Neufeld (2016) Review of "Disease, War, and the Imperial State: The Welfare of the British Armed Forces during the Seven Years' War". Social History of Medicine (pp. 180-181). unapi

Review John McAleer (2015) Review of "Disease, War, and the Imperial State: The Welfare of the British Armed Forces during the Seven Years' War". Canadian Journal of History (pp. 334-336). unapi

Review Michael Brown (2015) Review of "Disease, War, and the Imperial State: The Welfare of the British Armed Forces during the Seven Years' War". American Historical Review (pp. 1972-1973). unapi

Review Kopperman, Paul E. (2015) Review of "Disease, War, and the Imperial State: The Welfare of the British Armed Forces during the Seven Years' War". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 806-807). unapi

Review Kinkel, Sarah (2015) Review of "Disease, War, and the Imperial State: The Welfare of the British Armed Forces during the Seven Years' War". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (pp. 466-468). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Wald, Erica
Mulich, Jeppe
Warde, Paul
Smith, Justin E. H.
Sharma, Jayeeta
Raudzens, George
Concepts
Colonialism
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Imperialism
Medicine
Great Britain, colonies
Disease and diseases
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
17th century
Early modern
20th century, early
Places
India
Europe
North America
Great Britain
Brazil
West Indies
Institutions
East India Company (English)
World Health Organization (WHO)
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