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The Social History of English Seamen, 1650-1815
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A survey of a wide range of new research on many aspects of life at sea in the early modern period.
Maritime social history is a relatively young and fertile field, with many new research findings being discovered on a wide range of aspects of the subject. This book, together with its companion volume The Social History of English Seamen, 1485-1649 (The Boydell Press, 2011), pulls together and makes accessible this large body of research work. Subjects covered include life at sea in different parts of the period for both officers and seamen, in both the navy and in merchant ships; piracy and privateering; health, health care and disability; seamen's food; homosexuality afloat; and the role of women at sea and on land. Written by leading experts in their field, the volumesoffer a nuanced portrait of seafarers' existence as well as an overview of the current state of the historiography.
CHERYL A. FURY is Professor of History at the University of New Brunswick (Saint John campus) and a Fellow of the Gregg Centre for War and Society.
Contributors: J.D. ALSOP, JOHN APPLEBY, JEREMY BLACK, B. R. BURG, BERNARD CAPP, PETER EARLE, CHERYL A. FURY, MARGARETTE LINCOLN, DAVID MCLEAN, N. A. M. RODGER, DAVID STARKEY
Maritime social history is a relatively young and fertile field, with many new research findings being discovered on a wide range of aspects of the subject. This book, together with its companion volume The Social History of English Seamen, 1485-1649 (The Boydell Press, 2011), pulls together and makes accessible this large body of research work. Subjects covered include life at sea in different parts of the period for both officers and seamen, in both the navy and in merchant ships; piracy and privateering; health, health care and disability; seamen's food; homosexuality afloat; and the role of women at sea and on land. Written by leading experts in their field, the volumesoffer a nuanced portrait of seafarers' existence as well as an overview of the current state of the historiography.
CHERYL A. FURY is Professor of History at the University of New Brunswick (Saint John campus) and a Fellow of the Gregg Centre for War and Society.
Contributors: J.D. ALSOP, JOHN APPLEBY, JEREMY BLACK, B. R. BURG, BERNARD CAPP, PETER EARLE, CHERYL A. FURY, MARGARETTE LINCOLN, DAVID MCLEAN, N. A. M. RODGER, DAVID STARKEY
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Contributor: John C. Appleby
JOHN C. APPLEBY is a Senior Lecturer in History at Liverpool Hope University. He is the author of Women and English Piracy, (Boydell, 2013).
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Contents
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List of illustrations
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List of contributors
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List of abbreviations
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Introduction
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1. The Development of Sea Power, 1649–1815
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2. Naval Seamen, 1650–1700
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3. Officers and Men of the Navy, 1660–1815
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4. The Impact of Warfare on Naval Wives and Women
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5. Officers, Shipboard Boys and Courts Martial for Sodomy and Indecency in the Georgian Navy
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6. Health Provision in the Royal Navy, 1650–1815
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7. The Origins and Careers of English Merchant Seamen in the Late Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries
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8. Private Enterprise, Public Policy and the Development of Britain’s Seafaring Workforce, 1650–1815
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9. Jack Tar’s Food: Masculine Self-fashioning in the Age of Sail
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10. Pirates, Privateers and Buccaneers: The Changing Face of English Piracy from the 1650s to the 1720s
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Index
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Keywords for this book
Maritime history; English Seamen; Naval history; Merchant ships; Maritime social history; Sea; Seafarer; British Royal Navy; Naval History; Social History; British history; European history; England; Elizabethan; Jacobean; Early Modern History; Seamen
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
