The evil necessity [electronic resource] : British naval impressment in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world / Denver Brunsman.
Material type: TextSeries: Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies | Early American historiesPublication details: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)ISBN:- 9780813933528
- 0813933528
- Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century
- Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- 18th century
- Imperialism -- History -- 18th century
- Sailors -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Sailors -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Impressment -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Impressment -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- 359.00941/09033 23
- DA77 .B78 2013
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.
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