Overturns the generally held view that the press gang was the main means of recruiting seamen by the British navy in the late eighteenth century. SHORTLISTED fo

"Even as press-gangs roamed the London streets, eighteenth-century writers applauded, critiqued, and condemned the practice Pepys called "a great tyranny" - the

An important book, presenting the latest insights by the leading world authorities on naval history. This book presents a wide range of new research on many asp

This volume brings together a diverse selection of the latest academic research in the field of naval history. No longer confined to analyses of ships and battl

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