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- Explores the social dynamics of life - and death - at Dartmoor War Prison
- Draws on official records and a wealth of prisoners’ letters, diaries and memoirs
- Examines the fate of more than 20,000 French and American prisoners
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—Paul A. Gilje, University of Oklahoma, USA
‘The Napoleonic Wars brought unprecedented numbers of prisoners-of-war to Britain and posed huge problems for the authorities. In this pioneering study Neil Davie looks at one of the more radical solutions, the construction on Dartmoor of a war prison that would house 5000 men, many in cramped and insanitary conditions. The prison achieved notoriety in 1815 when rioting American prisoners were mown down, and nine killed, in what became known as the ‘Dartmoor Massacre’. But violence was never far away, and this book offers keen insights into the social dynamics of life within the prison walls.’—Alan Forrest, University of York, UK
‘As Davie demonstrates in this painstakingly researched book, Dartmoor is a fascinating observatory for any historian interested in carceral spaces, the organisation of prison societies, and prison governmentality.’
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Book Title: French and American Prisoners of War at Dartmoor Prison, 1805-1816
Book Subtitle: The Strangest Experiment
Authors: Neil Davie
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83891-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83890-4Published: 12 November 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83893-5Published: 13 November 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-83891-1Published: 11 November 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 337
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, History of France, US History, History of Military, Prison and Punishment