The British Soldier and His Libraries, c. 1822-1901

Includes discussion of working-class readers. 

Contents: 

• Introduction
• The East India Company's Libraries
• The Reading Environment, and Readers, in India
• The Regular Army's Libraries
• The Reading Environment, and Readers, in the Regular Army
• Conclusion
• Select Bibliography
• Primary Sources
• Oriental and India Office Collections of the British Library
• National Army Museum, London
• Official Publications
• Army Orders, Regulations, Pamphlets
• Army Reports
• Other Reports
• Military Memoirs and Letters
• Contemporary Publications
• Works on Military Matters Newspapers, Journals, and Periodicals
• Secondary Sources