The myth of the press gang : volunteers, impressment and the naval manpower problem in the late eighteenth century /
The press gang is generally regarded as the means by which the British navy solved the problem of recruiting enough seamen in the late eighteenth century. This book, however, based on extensive original research conducted primarily in a large number of ships' muster books, demonstrates that thi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK :
The Boydell Press,
2015.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |