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.