02835nam 2200685 a 450 991082837370332120240418045246.00-8139-3352-8(CKB)2550000001102519(OCoLC)846689913(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642014(SSID)ssj0000818317(PQKBManifestationID)11430444(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000818317(PQKBWorkID)10840095(PQKB)10113042(MiAaPQ)EBC3444100(OCoLC)828103913(MdBmJHUP)muse25542(Au-PeEL)EBL3444100(CaPaEBR)ebr10642014(CaONFJC)MIL423792(EXLCZ)99255000000110251920120703d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe evil necessity British naval impressment in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world /Denver Brunsman1st ed.Charlottesville University of Virginia Press20131 online resource (376 p.) Early American historiesWinner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies.0-8139-3351-X 1-283-92542-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. Empire -- Imperial Design -- Ruling the Waves -- Cultures of Impressment -- Part II. Sailors -- Men of War -- Everyday Escapes -- Atlantic Impressment Riots -- Epilogue.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.ImpressmentGreat BritainHistory18th centuryImpressmentUnited StatesHistory18th centurySailorsGreat BritainHistory18th centurySailorsUnited StatesHistory18th centuryImperialismHistory18th centuryGreat BritainHistory, Naval18th centuryImpressmentHistoryImpressmentHistorySailorsHistorySailorsHistoryImperialismHistory359.00941/09033Brunsman Denver Alexander1975-1689306MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828373703321The evil necessity4064275UNINA