Midshipmen and quarterdeck boys in the British Navy, 1771-1831
"Officer recruits - "young gentlemen"--Entered the Royal Navy with dreams of fame, fortune and glory, but many found promotion difficult, with a large number unable to progress beyond lieutenant. Recent scholarship has argued that during the wars of 1793-1815 there was greater social...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK :
Boydell Press
2012.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39841091*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Young Gentlemen Defined 7
- 2 A Social Survey: The Social Backgrounds of Young Gentlemen 37
- 3 Eighteenth-Century Selection, 1771-1800 49
- 4 Eighteenth-Century Crime and Punishment, 1760-1800 93
- 5 Nineteenth-Century Selection, 1801-1815 113
- 6 Nineteenth-Century Selection, 1815-1831 159
- 7 Nineteenth-Century Crime and Punishment, 1801-1831 194
- 8 Beyond Reform: the Future of Naval Command 204.
