Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 7
3. Preface 9
4. Introduction 11
5. Military Labor In China, C. 1500 43
6. From The Mamluks To The Mansabdars 81
7. On The Ottoman Janissaries (Fourteenth-Nineteenth Centuries) 115
8. Soldiers In Western Europe, C. 1500-1790 135
9. The Scottish Mercenary As A Migrant Labourer In Europe, 1550-1650 169
10. Change And Continuity In Mercenary Armies: Central Europe, 1650-1750 201
11. Peasants Fighting For A Living In Early Modern North India 243
12. “True To Their Salt” 267
13. “The Scum Of Every County, The Refuse Of Mankind” 291
14. Mobilization Of Warrior Populations In The Ottoman Context, 1750-1850 331
15. Military Employment In Qing Dynasty China 353
16. Military Service And The Russian Social Order, 1649-1861 393
17. The French Army, 1789-1914 419
18. The Dutch Army In Transition 447
19. The Draft And Draftees In Italy, 1861-1914 479
20. Nation-Building, War Experiences, And European Models 519
21. Mobilizing Military Labor In The Age Of Total War 547
22. Soldiering As Work 581
23. Private Contractors In War From The 1990S To The Present 613
24. Collective Bibliography 639
25. Notes On Contributors 687