War, nationalism, and the British sailor, 1750-1850
By: by Isaac Land.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- Sea life; Sailors -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Sailors -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; National characteristics, British -- History -- 18th century; National characteristics, British -- History -- 19th century; Sailors in literature; Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century; Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Will the real Jack Tar please stand up?; title: Impressed : becoming Jack Tar; title: Well rigged : cross-dressing, patriotism, and parody; title: Married to Britannia : mutinies, musicals, and manhood; title: Behold our empire : loyalists, reformers, and radicals; title: Ships without sailors? Nostalgia for Jack Tar in the industrial age.