Trading in War : London's Maritime World in the Age of Cook and Nelson / Margarette Lincoln.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lincoln, Margarette, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Navy-yards and naval stations--England--London--History--17th century.

Navy-yards and naval stations.

Great Britain--History, Naval.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A vivid account of the forgotten citizens of maritime London who sustained Britain during the Revolutionary Wars In the half-century before the Battle of Trafalgar the port of London became the commercial nexus of a global empire and launch pad of Britain's military campaigns in North America and Napoleonic Europe. The unruly riverside parishes east of the Tower seethed with life, a crowded, cosmopolitan, and incendiary mix of sailors, soldiers, traders, and the network of ordinary citizens that served them. Harnessing little-known archival and archaeological sources, Lincoln recovers a forgotten maritime world. Her gripping narrative highlights the pervasive impact of war, which brought violence, smuggling, pilfering from ships on the river, and a susceptibility to subversive political ideas. It also commemorates the working maritime community: shipwrights and those who built London's first docks, wives who coped while husbands were at sea, and early trade unions. This meticulously researched work reveals the lives of ordinary Londoners behind the unstoppable rise of Britain's sea power and its eventual defeat of Napoleon.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Plates

Acknowledgements

Note on Conventions

Images

Introduction: Forgotten Histories

1. London's Riverside

2. Opportunities and Pressures of a World City

3. War with America

4. Crime and Punishment

5. Spirited Women

6. Money and Pleasure

7. War with France

8. Grand Designs

Conclusion: London Against Napoleon

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

ISBN:

0-300-23538-0

OCLC:

1125186538