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Educating the Royal Navy : eighteenth- and nineteenth-century education for officers / H.W. Dickinson.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dickinson, Harry W., 1949-
- Series:
- Cass series--naval policy and history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Royal Navy.
- Naval education--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Naval education.
- Naval education--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Great Britain. Royal Navy--Officers--Training of--History--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Royal Navy--Officers--Training of--History--19th century.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
- Contents:
- 1 All at sea: the naval schoolmaster 1702-1837 9
- 2 'A sink of abomination...': the Portsmouth Naval Academy and the Royal Naval College Portsmouth 1733-1837 33
- 3 Pitchforks and professors: educating the young officer 1837-62 57
- 4 Inklings of a system: continuing and higher education to 1869 76
- 5 Britannia at Dartmouth, 1863-74 94
- 6 'While their minds are docile and plastic...': The Shadwell Report 1870 113
- 7 'As much by wisdom as by war...': The Royal Naval College Greenwich 1870-1902 131
- 8 The fortunes of HMS Britannia 1874-1902 152
- 9 'Engineers are not gentlemen...': education and training for naval engineers 177.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-248) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415376416
- 9780415376419
- OCLC:
- 70775625
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