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Skulls and Scientific Collecting in the Victorian Military: Keeping the Enemy Dead in British Frontier Warfare
As a result of colonial wars with indigenous peoples, especially in Africa and North America, a distinction seems to have arisen in Western military culture between ‘civilized’ and ‘savage’ enemies. The behavior of civilized enemies in battle appeared rational and constrained by rules. Savage enemies, on the other hand, evinced emotional and unregulated violence. Above all, they were distinguished by an excessive brutality they seemed to display towards their enemies in customs such as cannibalism and the taking of body parts as trophies (see, for example, Marks 1970: 246). In short, the differences between civilized people and savages in warfare were especially evident in their behavior toward enemy dead.
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Queen Victoria's Irish Soldiers: Quality of Life and Social Origins of the Thin \Green\ Line
This essay examines the social background of men enlisting in the army in mid-nineteenth century Ireland. A data set of 1,032 recruits is presented, and their county origins are explored through development of an index of quality of life (QUALEIRE). Height data are presented as well as the process of recruitment. Topics include home background, census information, literacy, officers, politics, and health with reference to tuberculosis.
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