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Author | : Sara Caputo |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2022-11-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1009199803 |
The British Royal Navy of the French Wars (1793–1815) is an enduring national symbol, but we often overlook the tens of thousands of foreign seamen who contributed to its operations. Foreign Jack Tars presents the first in-depth study of their employment in the Navy during this crucial period. Based on sources from across Britain, Europe, and the US, and blending quantitative, social, cultural, economic, and legal history, it challenges the very notions of 'Britishness' and 'foreignness'. The need for manpower during wartime meant that naval recruitment regularly bypassed cultural prejudice, and even legal status. Temporarily outstripped by practical considerations, these categories thus revealed their artificiality. The Navy was not simply an employer in the British maritime market, but a nodal point of global mobility. Exposing the inescapable transnational dimensions of a quintessentially national institution, the book highlights the instability of national boundaries, and the compromises and contradictions underlying the power of modern states.
Author | : Paul A. Gilje |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2016-02-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521762359 |
This book explores American maritime world, including cursing, language, logbooks, storytelling, sailor songs, reading, and material culture.
Author | : Jack Tar (pseud.) |
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Author | : Stephen Taylor |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 535 |
Release | : 2020-05-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300252617 |
A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain’s trade, exploration, and warfare British maritime history in the age of sail is full of the deeds of officers like Nelson but has given little voice to plain, "illiterate" seamen. Now Stephen Taylor draws on published and unpublished memoirs, letters, and naval records, including court-martials and petitions, to present these men in their own words. In this exhilarating account, ordinary seamen are far from the hapless sufferers of the press gangs. Proud and spirited, learned in their own fashion, with robust opinions and the courage to challenge overweening authority, they stand out from their less adventurous compatriots. Taylor demonstrates how the sailor was the engine of British prosperity and expansion up to the Industrial Revolution. From exploring the South Seas with Cook to establishing the East India Company as a global corporation, from the sea battles that made Britain a superpower to the crisis of the 1797 mutinies, these "sons of the waves" held the nation’s destiny in their calloused hands.
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ISBN | : 9781404361386 |
Author | : James Choyce |
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Total Pages | : 379 |
Release | : 1891 |
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Author | : JACK TAR |
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Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Author | : George Moutard Woodward |
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Author | : George Charles Smith |
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Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1823 |
Genre | : Sailors |
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