Thursday 18 September 2014

Free articles on the Seven Years' War and The '45

An officer of the Regiment de Clare, 1767
 

About a year ago I started compiling links to articles that are now accessible for free on Jstor. The articles are taken from various historical journals and have been subdivided into four sections. I haven't had the chance to look at many of them yet but, just going from the titles, I suspect that 18th century wargamers will be bound to find something of interest. As more US, Irish and Scottish historical journals appear to be accessible, subjects related to those countries are more heavily respresented.

Although these articles are accessible for free, you will have to register with Jstor. You will also be restricted to viewing only three articles every two weeks, in the UK at least (or 'the countries formally known as the UK', depending on what happens in the next few hours). But that's a small price to pay to have otherwise free access to this resource.







I'll carry on digging around the internet for more, and will add them to the relevant pages as I find them.

14 comments:

  1. Thanks, Adam. Very useful. :-)

    Cheers,

    David.

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  2. No problem, David. I've not yet had chance to read many of them, but I'm particularly looking forward to reading the articles on Irish soldiers in the Hotel des Invalides.

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  3. JSTOR has lots of good material - I can access it through an alumni account but I haven't searched for SYW or 18th century military material, only ecological material so far. Thanks for pointing out that there's a good deal more in there! :-)

    Cheers,

    David.

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  4. David, my searches were done on articles in freely accessible journals only. Your alumni account should give you access to a whole lot more.

    I think I'll try to sign up for one. The site says contact your former university's alumni office or library. If it's the alumni office who grant access at mine I should be alright. If it's the library then they'll probably want me to cough up my eight year old library fines :s

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  5. Hi Adam,

    Yes, true, there is a lot more only accessible to account holders. With mine I contacted the alumni office, not the library, so you may well be OK! ;-)

    Cheers,

    David.

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  6. And with my universities, they wouldn't allow graduation if there were any outstanding fines or fees, so you were lucky! :-)

    Cheers,

    David.

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  7. Mine had the same system in place, and on graduation day I had to pay their extortionate fines, as well as pay through the nose to wear a purple cape for the day. But the berks forgot to de-activate my library card when I left :D

    These particular fines (about £40's worth) were from my rather lengthy borrowing of Savory's 'His Britannic Majesty's Army in Germany' (amongst other things) a couple of years AFTER I left. Last time I went in there (to try to have a nose at hard copy journals) the librarian said he didn't understand why they'd allowed me to graduate, and asked me if I'd like to pay my fine. 'Hahaha...no' was the reply. Even after a decade I still hold a grudge against that lot. Mad with power, I tell thee.

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  9. Ah, not terribly fond of your alma mater, then! At least they did (accidentally) give you free library access post-graduation! Luckily for me library access and borrowing rights are given free for life after graduation at my first university (not the second, though) so I can't complain. However, sadly when I tried to find Savory in the university library back in 1978 it had been stolen - a sort of mark of quality, at least. ;-) Must get hold of a copy sometime...

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  10. Same here - while there are still copies of the reprint available. It's been a while since I read it so it should be like reading again for the first time. Hopefully the Defence of Piedmont will get the reprint treatment soon (can't find a copy at all, let alone at extortionate prices).

    In fairness to the University of Manchester, most of my run-ins/issues with them over the years were entirely down to me. I was a sorry excuse for a student. I probably could have done with a couple more years of growing up before attending ;)

    That thief was a man (or woman) of despicable morals, but impecable taste!

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  12. I don't know the Defence of Piedmont book you mention. Who was the author?

    I suspect that most of us as undergraduates were very far from perfect! I liked the place and many of the people I met but hated the tedious and unfulfilling work. I enjoyed being a postgraduate much more, as I was doing creative, original work, hard though it was. Sadly, the place and the lack of support and any social life were pretty depressing! As you say, growing up first might have been better before going to university at all - but then, going to university is partly about growing up anyway...

    I suspect the thief was most probably a man - and I'd be willing to bet the book ended up sold eventually too. The price of the first edition is pretty astonishing.

    Cheers,

    David.

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