1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000270420203316

Autore

Lawrie, Ian D.

Titolo

A unifield grand tour of theoretical physics / Ian D. Lawrie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol [etc.] : Adam Hilger, copyr. 1990

ISBN

0-85274-015-8

Descrizione fisica

XIV, 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

5301

Collocazione

530.1 LAW

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779716103321

Autore

Brunsman Denver Alexander <1975->

Titolo

The evil necessity [[electronic resource] ] : British naval impressment in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world / / Denver Brunsman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8139-3352-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Collana

Early American histories

Disciplina

359.00941/09033

Soggetti

Impressment - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Impressment - United States - History - 18th century

Sailors - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Sailors - United States - History - 18th century

Imperialism - History - 18th century

Great Britain History, Naval 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

Part I. Empire -- Imperial Design -- Ruling the Waves -- Cultures of Impressment -- Part II. Sailors -- Men of War -- Everyday Escapes -- Atlantic Impressment Riots -- Epilogue.