Naval engagements : patriotism, cultural politics, and the Royal Navy, 1793-1815 / / Timothy Jenks

• Autore: Jenks Timothy
• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006; ©2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 334 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 940.2/7450941
• Soggetto topico: Patriotism - Great Britain - History - 18th century; Patriotism - Great Britain - History - 19th century; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - Naval operations, British
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Politics and government 1760-1820; France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Naval operations, British
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-324) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Naval engagements
• ISBN: 1-383-04421-X; 1-280-84526-0; 0-19-151641-4; 1-4294-5954-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822230903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II