The British Navy's Victualling Board, 1793-1815 : Management Competence and Incompetence.

Assesses how the Victualling Board succeeded in feeding the fleet, providing a great deal of interesting detail on the food and drink supplied and on how the Board went about its tasks. The book also discusses the Board's management practices, outlining areas of incompetence.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Macdonald, Janet
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, 2010.
Temas:
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > Provisioning > History > 18th century.
Great Britain. > Victualling Office.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > Provisioning > History > 19th century.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy
Great Britain. > Victualling Office
1700-1899
Cooking on ships > History.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 18th century.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 19th century.
Great Britain. Victualling Office > History.
Great Britain. Victualling Office.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Modern > General.
Armed Forces > Provisioning
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontcover; Contents; Author's Note; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Tables And Maps; 1 Introduction, Historiography and Early History of Victualling; 2 The Core Tasks: Obtaining and Distributing Bulk Supplies of Food, Drink and Victualling Stores; 3 Delivery at Home: Issuing Victuals to Warships and Managing the Victualling Yards; 4 Delivery Abroad for Warships, Army Garrisons and Military Expeditions; 5 Non-core and ad hoc Tasks; 6 Head Office Staff; 7 Yard Staff; 8 Theft, Fraud, and other Misdemeanours; 9 Parliamentary Inquiries; 10 Conclusions; Appendices.

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