War, nationalism, and the British sailor, 1750-1850 /
[Book]
Isaac Land.
1st ed.
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.
xiii, 244 pages :
illustrations ;
22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-237) and index.
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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Although there have been military, social & labour histories examining sailors, 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.
Great Britain.-- Sea life.
Great Britain.
Great Britain.
National characteristics, British-- History-- 18th century.
National characteristics, British-- History-- 19th century.