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The Society of Prisoners : Anglo-French Wars and Incarceration in the Eighteenth Century / Renaud Morieux

Von: Morieux, Renaud [author]Materialtyp: TextTextSprache: EnglischReihen: The Past and Present Book Series | The Past and Present Book SeriesVerlag: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2019Copyright-Datum: ©2019Beschreibung: 1 online resource (442 pages)Inhaltstyp: Text Medientyp: Computermedien Datenträgertyp: Online ResourceISBN: 9780191035463Schlagwörter: Militär | Kriegsgefangener | Kriegsgefangenschaft | Krieg | Großbritannien | Frankreich | Prisoners of war-Great Britain-History-18th centuryGenre/Form: | FernzugriffOnline-Ressourcen: Volltext
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Cover -- The Society of Prisoners: Anglo-French Wars and Incarceration in the Eighteenth Century -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Book cover -- Charts -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Text -- Introduction -- I. War Captivity: A 'Fragile' Social Institution -- II. What Was a Prisoner of War? The Normative Framework and Its Limitations -- A. Categorizing the Prisoner of War -- B. Spaces and Scales -- C. Peace and War, Peace in War -- III. The State at War -- IV. The War Prison -- A. The War Prison as Society -- B. The War Prison in Society -- 1 Defining the Prisoner of War in International Law: A Comparative Approach -- I. Introduction -- II. Can 'Civilians' be Prisoners of War? -- A. Constraints in Warfare and Exemptions -- B. Women and Children -- III. Traitors and Rebels -- IV. Private and Public Prisoners -- A. Who Owns the Captive of War? -- B. The Hostage, a War Captive Beyond the Reach of the State -- C. Fishermen -- V. Conclusion -- 2 Hate or Love Thy Enemy? Humanitarian Patriotism -- I. Introduction -- II. The Duty to Treat the Enemy with 'Humanity' -- A. The Law of Nations -- B. The Civilized Nature of Eighteenth-century Wars -- III. The 'Inhuman' Treatment of Prisoners of War in Their Own Words -- A. The Prisoners' Complaints -- B. The Effect of the Complaints -- IV. The 1759-60 Philanthropic Campaign -- A. The Donors -- B. Giving to the Enemy: Treason or Moral Obligation? -- C. The Recipients -- IV. The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars -- A. Propaganda Campaigns and Parliamentary Inquiries -- B. Prisoners of War and Missionaries -- V. Conclusion -- 3 The Multiple Geographies of War Captivity -- I. Introduction -- II. The Caribbean Circulatory Regime -- A. The Caribbean Mediterranean: A Crossroads between Empires -- B. Who Should Pay for the Prisoners of War? -- C. Regional Cartels of Exchange.
D. The Flags of Truce System: The Prisoners as Trade Enablers -- III. Atlantic Crossings -- A. Local Detention or Transportation to Europe? The American War of Independence -- B. Manning Enemy Ships -- IV. European Mobility -- A. Moving by Land or Sea: The Problem of Distance -- B. The Mechanics of Inland Journeys -- C. Slipping Away -- D. The 'Trackless Wild': Prisoners on the Road -- V. Conclusion -- 4 The Anatomy of the War Prison -- I. Introduction -- II. Emergency Buildings (Late Seventeenth Century-American War of Independence) -- A. A Question of Time -- B. Islands and Towers -- C. The Fear of Contamination -- D. The Castle-type -- III. Prisoners of War in 'Reformed Prisons': The British Case -- A. New Challenges, New Solutions: The American War of Independence -- B. The First War Prisons: The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars -- IV. Coexistence or Separation? -- A. Prisoners of War and Criminals -- B. Hell is Other Prisoners of War -- V. Violent Buildings -- A. Holes -- B. Walls -- C. Fire -- VI. Conclusion -- 5 The Reinvention of Society? -- I. Introduction -- II. The Parole Zones -- A. The Parole System -- B. Disputes of Honour -- III. The Worth of the Prisoners -- A. The Search for Equivalences -- B. Crossing Racial Boundaries: The Case of the Atlantic Ocean -- IV. Conclusion -- 6 War Captivity and Social Interactions -- I. Introduction -- II. A Multi-layered Surveillance System -- A. Who Guarded the Prisoners of War? -- B. Rules, Punishments, and Rewards -- III. Prison Riots -- A. The Power of Insults -- B. Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence -- C. Legal Consequences -- IV. Crossing the Boundary -- A. 'The Corruption of Authority' -- B. Extortion and Corruption -- C. The Prisoners' Dilemma -- V. The Prison as Synapse -- A. Escapes -- B. The Prison Market -- VI. Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Napoleon the Prisoner of Peace.
I. Napoleon as a Prisoner of War -- II. A New Definition of War: The Lawyers' Debates -- III. St Helena, the Island-prison -- Sources -- I. Archives -- II. Printed primary sources -- Bibliography -- Index.
Zusammenfassung: Very little has been written of the history of prisoners of war before the twentieth century, and Renaud Morieux seeks to correct this in this new history of war captivity in the eighteenth century, mining archives in Britain and France to take a fresh look at international relations through the histories of prisoners and host communities.

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Cover -- The Society of Prisoners: Anglo-French Wars and Incarceration in the Eighteenth Century -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Book cover -- Charts -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Text -- Introduction -- I. War Captivity: A 'Fragile' Social Institution -- II. What Was a Prisoner of War? The Normative Framework and Its Limitations -- A. Categorizing the Prisoner of War -- B. Spaces and Scales -- C. Peace and War, Peace in War -- III. The State at War -- IV. The War Prison -- A. The War Prison as Society -- B. The War Prison in Society -- 1 Defining the Prisoner of War in International Law: A Comparative Approach -- I. Introduction -- II. Can 'Civilians' be Prisoners of War? -- A. Constraints in Warfare and Exemptions -- B. Women and Children -- III. Traitors and Rebels -- IV. Private and Public Prisoners -- A. Who Owns the Captive of War? -- B. The Hostage, a War Captive Beyond the Reach of the State -- C. Fishermen -- V. Conclusion -- 2 Hate or Love Thy Enemy? Humanitarian Patriotism -- I. Introduction -- II. The Duty to Treat the Enemy with 'Humanity' -- A. The Law of Nations -- B. The Civilized Nature of Eighteenth-century Wars -- III. The 'Inhuman' Treatment of Prisoners of War in Their Own Words -- A. The Prisoners' Complaints -- B. The Effect of the Complaints -- IV. The 1759-60 Philanthropic Campaign -- A. The Donors -- B. Giving to the Enemy: Treason or Moral Obligation? -- C. The Recipients -- IV. The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars -- A. Propaganda Campaigns and Parliamentary Inquiries -- B. Prisoners of War and Missionaries -- V. Conclusion -- 3 The Multiple Geographies of War Captivity -- I. Introduction -- II. The Caribbean Circulatory Regime -- A. The Caribbean Mediterranean: A Crossroads between Empires -- B. Who Should Pay for the Prisoners of War? -- C. Regional Cartels of Exchange.

D. The Flags of Truce System: The Prisoners as Trade Enablers -- III. Atlantic Crossings -- A. Local Detention or Transportation to Europe? The American War of Independence -- B. Manning Enemy Ships -- IV. European Mobility -- A. Moving by Land or Sea: The Problem of Distance -- B. The Mechanics of Inland Journeys -- C. Slipping Away -- D. The 'Trackless Wild': Prisoners on the Road -- V. Conclusion -- 4 The Anatomy of the War Prison -- I. Introduction -- II. Emergency Buildings (Late Seventeenth Century-American War of Independence) -- A. A Question of Time -- B. Islands and Towers -- C. The Fear of Contamination -- D. The Castle-type -- III. Prisoners of War in 'Reformed Prisons': The British Case -- A. New Challenges, New Solutions: The American War of Independence -- B. The First War Prisons: The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars -- IV. Coexistence or Separation? -- A. Prisoners of War and Criminals -- B. Hell is Other Prisoners of War -- V. Violent Buildings -- A. Holes -- B. Walls -- C. Fire -- VI. Conclusion -- 5 The Reinvention of Society? -- I. Introduction -- II. The Parole Zones -- A. The Parole System -- B. Disputes of Honour -- III. The Worth of the Prisoners -- A. The Search for Equivalences -- B. Crossing Racial Boundaries: The Case of the Atlantic Ocean -- IV. Conclusion -- 6 War Captivity and Social Interactions -- I. Introduction -- II. A Multi-layered Surveillance System -- A. Who Guarded the Prisoners of War? -- B. Rules, Punishments, and Rewards -- III. Prison Riots -- A. The Power of Insults -- B. Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence -- C. Legal Consequences -- IV. Crossing the Boundary -- A. 'The Corruption of Authority' -- B. Extortion and Corruption -- C. The Prisoners' Dilemma -- V. The Prison as Synapse -- A. Escapes -- B. The Prison Market -- VI. Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Napoleon the Prisoner of Peace.

I. Napoleon as a Prisoner of War -- II. A New Definition of War: The Lawyers' Debates -- III. St Helena, the Island-prison -- Sources -- I. Archives -- II. Printed primary sources -- Bibliography -- Index.

Very little has been written of the history of prisoners of war before the twentieth century, and Renaud Morieux seeks to correct this in this new history of war captivity in the eighteenth century, mining archives in Britain and France to take a fresh look at international relations through the histories of prisoners and host communities.

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