Foreign, Black, and Jewish Troops in the French Military, 1715-1831
by
Christopher J. Tozzi
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
By telling the story of France's noncitizen soldiers from the Old Regime through the post-Napoleonic era, this book uses the military as a lens for investigating the emergence of "the nation-state" and modern practices of citizenship during the age of revolution.