The evil necessity British naval impressment in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world /

Brunsman, Denver Alexander, 1975-

The evil necessity British naval impressment in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world / Denver Brunsman. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (376 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Early American histories Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Part I. Empire -- Imperial Design -- Ruling the Waves -- Cultures of Impressment -- Part II. Sailors -- Men of War -- Everyday Escapes -- Atlantic Impressment Riots -- Epilogue.



9780813933528


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


Impressment--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Impressment--History--United States--18th century.
Sailors--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Sailors--History--United States--18th century.
Imperialism--History--18th century.


Electronic Books.

DA77 / .E955 2013