03048nam 2200649 a 450 991077732210332120230309230927.01-383-04421-X1-280-84526-00-19-151641-41-4294-5954-9(CKB)1000000000413579(EBL)415575(OCoLC)476243434(SSID)ssj0000208913(PQKBManifestationID)11189684(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208913(PQKBWorkID)10244420(PQKB)10887169(Au-PeEL)EBL415575(CaPaEBR)ebr10271494(CaONFJC)MIL84526(OCoLC)437093922(MiAaPQ)EBC415575(EXLCZ)99100000000041357920060627h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNaval engagements patriotism, cultural politics, and the Royal Navy, 1793-1815 /Timothy JenksOxford :Oxford University Press,2006.©20061 online resource (viii, 334 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-929771-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-324) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. The 'Glorious Firsts of June'; 2. Patriotic Instabilities; 3. Naval Triumph and the Public Sphere; 4. Contesting Naval Heroism; 5. Lord Cochrane in Radical Westminster; Conclusion; Appendix 1. Members of Parliament for Westminster, 1790–1818; Appendix 2. Published Trafalgar poems; Bibliography; Index;Naval Engagements explores the role of the Royal Navy in eighteenth-century political culture. This was the legendary age of sail, in which heroic commanders such as Admiral Nelson won great victories for Britain. Timothy Jenks reveals the ways in which these battles and the heroes who fought them were deployed in British politics. - ;The construction of an important element in British national identity is explored in Naval Engagements, looking at the ways in which the navy - a major symbol of national community - was given meaning by a range of social groupings.PatriotismGreat BritainHistory18th centuryPatriotismGreat BritainHistory19th centuryNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815Naval operations, BritishGreat BritainPolitics and government1760-1820FranceHistoryRevolution, 1789-1799Naval operations, BritishPatriotismHistoryPatriotismHistoryNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815Naval operations, British.940.2/7450941Jenks Timothy1573953MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777322103321Naval engagements3849902UNINA