The evil necessity : British naval impressment in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world / Denver Brunsman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brunsman, Denver Alexander, 1975-

Series:

Early American histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Impressment--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Impressment.

Impressment--United States--History--18th century.

Sailors--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Sailors.

Sailors--United States--History--18th century.

Imperialism--History--18th century.

Imperialism.

Great Britain--History, Naval--18th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Royal Navy--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on ships' logs, merchants' papers, personal letters and diaries, as well as engravings, political texts, and sea ballads, Brunsman shows how ultimately the controversy over impressment contributed to the American Revolution and served as a leading cause of the War of 1812. Early American HistoriesWinner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an Outstanding Work of Scholarship in Eighteenth-Century Studies.

Contents:

Part I. Empire

Imperial Design

Ruling the Waves

Cultures of Impressment

Part II. Sailors

Men of War

Everyday Escapes

Atlantic Impressment Riots

Epilogue.

Notes:

Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813933528

0813933528

OCLC:

846689913