From Jack Tar to Union Jack
Subtitle: representing naval manhood in the British Empire, 1870-1918
By: Mary A. Conley.
Series: Studies in imperialism; Studies in imperialism
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780719075346
Subjects: Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- History -- 19th century; Sailors -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Masculinity -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-210) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Gender, navy and empire; title: Imperial challenges and the modernisation of the fleet; title: For the good of the boys in blue: philanthropy, Agnes Weston and contested manhood; title: From powder monkey to admiral: social mobility, heroism and naval manhood; title: Strong men for a strong navy: naval scares, imperial anxieties and naval manhood; title: Lessons in manhood: boyhood, duty and war; title: Conclusion.