Able seamen
Subtitle: the lower deck of the Royal Navy 1850-1939
By: Brian Lavery
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781591147305
Subjects: Social life and customs; Sailors; Great Britain. Royal Navy; Great Britain; Sea life; Social conditions; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-339) and index.
Table of contents: title: The beginning of change, 1850-1856; title: The rise of steam, 1856-1860; title: The age of iron, 1860-1875; title: Stability and technology, 1875-1889; title: The age of expansion, 1889-1904; title: The road to war, 1904-1914; title: Stalemate at sea, 1914-1916; title: Jutland and after; title: The aftermath of war, 1919-1925; title: Crisis and revival, 1925-1939.