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Brunsman Denver Alexander <1975-> |
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The evil necessity : British naval impressment in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world / / Denver Brunsman |
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Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (376 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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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 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Part I. Empire -- Imperial Design -- Ruling the Waves -- Cultures of Impressment -- Part II. Sailors -- Men of War -- Everyday Escapes -- Atlantic Impressment Riots -- Epilogue. |
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Drawing on ships' logs, merchants' papers, personal letters and diaries, as well as engravings, political texts, and sea ballads, Brunsman shows how ultimately the controversy over impressment contributed to the American Revolution and served as a leading cause of the War of 1812. Early American HistoriesWinner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an Outstanding Work of Scholarship in Eighteenth-Century Studies. |
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