The evil necessity [electronic resource] : British naval impressment in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world / Denver Brunsman.
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TextSeries: Early American historiesPublication details: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.Description: xi, 364 p. : illSubject(s): - Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- 18th century
- Impressment -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Impressment -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Sailors -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Sailors -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Imperialism -- History -- 18th century
- Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century
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- DA77 .B78 2013
Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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