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War, nationalism, and the British sailor, 1750-1850 [electronic resource] / Isaac Land.

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This is the first book to systematically integrate 'Jack Tar, ' the common seaman, into the cultural history of modern Britain, treating him not as an occasional visitor from the ocean, but as an important part of national life.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Land, Isaac
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > Sea life.
Sailors > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Sailors > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
National characteristics, British > History > 18th century.
National characteristics, British > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 18th century.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 19th century.
Sailors in literature.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy.
Armed Forces > Sea life.
National characteristics, British.
Sailors.
Great Britain.
History.
Naval history.
Table of Contents:
  • Will the real Jack Tar please stand up?
  • Impressed : becoming Jack Tar
  • Well rigged : cross-dressing, patriotism, and parody
  • Married to Britannia : musicals, mutinies, and manhood
  • Behold our empire : loyalists, reformers, and radicals
  • Ships without sailors? : nostalgia for Jack Tar in the industrial age.

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