A Social History of British Naval Officers, 1775-1815
Author | : Evan Wilson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781783271740 |
Who were the men who officered the Royal Navy in Nelson's day?
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Author | : Evan Wilson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781783271740 |
Who were the men who officered the Royal Navy in Nelson's day?
Author | : Cheryl A. Fury |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781843839538 |
A survey of a wide range of new research on many aspects of life at sea in the early modern period.
Author | : S. A. Cavell |
Publisher | : Boydell Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1843837196 |
A fascinating study of midshipmen and other "young gentlemen", outlining their social background, career paths and what life was like for them. Officer recruits - "young gentlemen" - entered the Royal Navy with dreams of fame, fortune and glory, but many found promotion difficult, with a large number unable to progress beyond lieutenant. Recent scholarship has argued thatduring the wars of 1793-1815 there was greater social diversity among naval officers, with promotion increasingly related to professional competence. This book, based on extensive original research, examines the social backgroundof around 4,000 "young gentlemen" a term which includes midshipmen and various other categories, including captains' servants, volunteers and masters' mates. It concludes that in fact high birth became an increasingly important factor in the selection of officer candidates, and that as the Admiralty grip on the appointment and management of officer aspirants increased, especially after 1815, aristocratic presence in the ranks of young officers increased significantly as a result of deliberate Admiralty policy. The book also discusses the assertion that the increase in elite sons led to a dramatic increase in cases of indiscipline and insubordination, concluding that although therewas a marked increase in courts martial for insubordination during and after the French Wars there is no evidence that such cases related more to the elites than to young aspirants in general". The book includes many case study examples of midshipmen and other "young gentlemen", illustrating what life was like for them and how they themselves viewed their situation. S.A. CAVELL is a graduate of the Queensland University of Technology and Louisiana State University and completed her doctorate at the University of Exeter.
Author | : Evan Wilson |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2019-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3030257002 |
This book surveys the lives and careers of naval officers across Europe at the height of the age of sail. It traces the professionalization of naval officers by exploring their preparation for life at sea and the challenges they faced while in command. It also demonstrates the uniqueness of the maritime experience, as long voyages and isolation at sea cemented their bond with naval officers across Europe while separating them from landlubbers. It depicts, in a way no previous study has, the parameters of their shared experiences—both the similarities that crossed national boundaries and connected officers, and the differences that can only be seen from an international perspective.
Author | : James Davey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING |
ISBN | : 9781526113825 |
This volume brings together a diverse selection of the latest academic research in the field of naval history. No longer confined to analyses of ships and battles, it is the first publication to capture a new form naval history that engages with race, sexuality, gender, material culture, popular culture and fine art. Edited by two leading historians of the Royal Navy, it will become a defining book in the field.
Author | : Catherine Beck |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 2025-01-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1837652279 |
Argues that patronage served a very useful function and should not be seen as a form of corruption. This book, based on extensive original research, examines the rich and varied nature of patronage in the British navy at the end of the long eighteenth century. Patronage underpinned naval advancement, determined where officers, seamen and dockyard workers were stationed, and fashioned their reputations. It was also a system of trust whereby an individual's connections acted as guarantors of their ability, character and suitability for a position. This book moves beyond considering patronage as being primarily about promotion to uncover its deeper social and cultural implications. Considering not just the officer class, but also warrant officers, ordinary seamen and dockyard tradesmen and workers, it reveals the fuller extent of naval patronage as it operated between both elite and non-elite men and women, within all forms of friendship, not just professional or political alliances, and beneath veneers of fashionable sensibility, duty and honour. Historians of the navy in this period are well aware of the importance of patronage, but the subject has never previously been studied in such detail. The book will be very welcome for uncovering the full nature of patronage, both for naval historians and also for cultural and social historians interested in the period more generally. Catherine Beck completed her doctorate at University College London in collaboration with the National Maritime Museum.
Author | : United States. Continental Congress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1775 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Cheryl A. Fury |
Publisher | : DS Brewer |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1843836890 |
Investigates the lives of common sailors engaged in commerce, exploration, privateering and piracy, and naval actions during Tudor and Stuart periods.
Author | : Paul M. Kennedy |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-04 |
Genre | : Naval art and science |
ISBN | : 9780367563264 |
Recent challenges to US maritime predominance suggests a return to great power competition at sea, and this new volume looks at how navies in previous eras of multipolarity grappled with similar challenges. The book follows the theme of multipolarity by analysing a wide range of historical and geographical case studies, thereby maintaining the focus of both its historical analysis and its policy implications. It begins by looking at the evolution of French naval policy from Louis XIV through to the end of the nineteenth century. It then examines how the British responded to multipolar threat environments, convoys, the challenges of demobilization, and the persistence of British naval power in the interwar period. There are also contributions regarding Japan's turn away from the sea, the Italian navy, and multipolarity in the Arctic. This volume also addresses the regional and global distribution of forces; trade and communication protection; arms races; the emergence of naval challengers; fleet design; logistics; technology; civil-naval relations; and grand strategy, past, present, and future. This book will be of much interest to students of naval history, strategic studies and international relations history, as well as senior naval officers.