The domestic face of the military—fiscal state: government and society in eighteenth-century Britain
The domestic face of the military—fiscal state: government and society in eighteenth-century Britain
This chapter takes as its starting point new developments in fiscal and military organization described by John Brewer. It outlines the case for supposing that these developments encouraged the disengagement of officers and organs of state from many aspects of government in the localities. However, it also argues that disengagement was not complete. The resources of the military-fiscal state were sometimes brought to bear on problems of domestic government. The chapter develops this case especially in relation to war-related social problems — though it does not suggest that central agencies acted only in that context.
Keywords: John Brewer, military organization, disengagement, social problems, war
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