Order and Disorder in the British Navy, 1793-1815: Control, Resistance, Flogging and Hanging
Author:   Thomas Malcomson (Customer)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
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9781783271191


Pages:   316
Publication Date:   21 July 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Order and Disorder in the British Navy, 1793-1815: Control, Resistance, Flogging and Hanging


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Author:   Thomas Malcomson (Customer)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.556kg
ISBN:  

9781783271191


ISBN 10:   1783271191
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   21 July 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction Paper Forms of Control Creating Order through Patronage and Material Incentives Creating Order through Regimentation, Food, Tobacco and Alcohol, Religion and Language Resistance Illegitimate Activity: Theft, Profiteering and Embezzlement, and Sex Opportunities for 'Disorder': The Coming of War, Shipwreck, Defeat and Drunkenness The Responses Conclusions Appendix A: The Ships in the Sample, the Expected Complements, their Officers and the time period the Officers were in Command, within the Study Appendix B: Tables Works Cited

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One of the great strengths of this book is that, at its best, it takes us right up to the limits of what is knowable, while displaying a refreshing honesty about the ways in which the evidence remains equivocal. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY [T]he book's greatest strengths lay with the meticulous research and statistical analyses that the author undertook to support his arguments and conclusions . [E]xceptionally well written and well researched. THE NORTHERN MARINER [A]n erudite study of naval leadership during the latter days of the world's most powerful and sophisticated sailing navy. A vast array of data is presented, along with many naval historians' interpretations of the causes, affects and consequences of shipboard order- and disorder ... [A] worthy addition to any naval historian's library. SEA HISTORY


(A)n erudite study of naval leadership during the latter days of the world's most powerful and sophisticated sailing navy. A vast array of data is presented, along with many naval historians' interpretations of the causes, affects and consequences of shipboard order- and disorder . (A) worthy addition to any naval historian's library. SEA HISTORY


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