Naval families, war and duty in Britain, 1740-1820 / / Ellen Gill

• Autore: Gill Ellen
• Pubblicazione: Suffolk : , : Boydell & Brewer, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 359.00941
• Soggetto topico: War and families - Great Britain - History - 18th century; War and families - Great Britain - History - 19th century; Navies - Family relationships - Great Britain - History - 18th century; Navies - Family relationships - Great Britain - History - 19th century
• Soggetto non controllato: army; history of war; intimacy; marines; memorial; military marriages; military; naval academy; naval careers; naval marriages; navy; patriotism; seamen; veterans; war and duty; war and peace; war families
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Apr 2017).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction Letters, love and duty Family from afar: pregnancy, childbirth and raising young children 'Children of the service' Men of war Women of war Prest to volunteer: reluctant sailors and the naval community Negotiating with the nation: petitions and the language of appeal Conclusion Appendix: Cast of characters Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the competing demands of family, war and duty in the lives of eighteenth-century naval men and their families. It covers not just the men afloat and their wives ashore, but also the rich and complex financial, professional and fraternal networks that were essential to naval lives. By drawing on a substantial body of personal correspondence, the book goes beyond cultural and gendered stereotypes to examine the roles and responsibilities of men, women and children within a naval family and how war shaped and determined those roles. The families considered include those of several famous naval figures, including Philip Broke, Matthew Flinders and George Bass, and also the families of "lower deck" seamen, some of whom could not write for themselves and where data has been gleaned from previously unexplored petitions. The information provided contributes to a wider understanding of gender roles, especially masculinity, in the period and to eighteenth-century social and cultural history more broadly. Moreover, as insights into the intimate and emotional details of family life, especially between husbands and wives, are difficult to discover in any historical period (such intimacy being rarely recorded), the details presented here constitute a rare resource.
• Titolo autorizzato: Naval families, war and duty in Britain, 1740-1820
• ISBN: 1-78204-824-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910151584003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II