British Seaman: 1200 - 1860: A Social Survey

Rutherford - Madison - Teaneck / Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr., 1970. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-library with usual marks. No marks noted in text. The book appears to be upside-down in its binding; the only difference this makes is that the title reads from bottom to top on spine.Binding is tight and square. . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) The Medieval Mariner -- 2.) The Tudor Mariner -- 3.) The Early Stuart Mariner -- 4.) The Dutch Wars -- 5.) Some Stuart Seamen -- 6.) The Manning Problem -- 7.) The Methods of Impressment -- 8.) The Law and the Press -- 9.) The Regiseter and Other Proposals -- 10.) The Age of Nelson -- 11.0) Life at Sea: 11.1) The Ship's Company -- 11.2) Discipline -- 11.3) Pay and Promotion -- 11.4) Food and Drink -- 11.5) Health -- 11.6) Desertion -- 12.) The End of Impressment ------- * APPENDICES: a.) Tables & Seamens Letters -- b.) References -- c.) General Index -- d.) Index of Ships. . . . . . . . . . FROM THE DUST JACKET: There are dozens of books on the great figues in naval history such as Drake and Nelson. By contrast very little has appeared in print about the British seaman, without whom there would have been neither merchant ships to sail nor men-of-war to command. Apart from vague ideas about the press gang and the mutinies at Spithead and the Nore more people have little conception of what his life was like, even in such important matters as how he was recruited or paid or fed. His courage, his seamanship, his endurance have always been taken for granted. It is Professor Lloyd's achievement to have rescued hime from anonymity and to have portrayed him in his true colors. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.