Commemorating the seafarer : monuments, memorials and memory /

This book discusses memorials - stained glass windows, church, cemetery and public monuments - commemorating British seafarers, shipbuilders and victims of shipwreck from the sixteenth century to the present. Examples have been chosen mainly from Great Britain and Ireland with a few from wider afiel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tomlinson, Barbara (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge : Boydell Press, 2015.
Temas:
Monuments > Great Britain.
Sailors > Monuments > Great Britain.
Navigation > Great Britain > History.
Monuments > Grande-Bretagne.
Marins > Monuments > Grande-Bretagne.
Navigation > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
HISTORY > Military > Naval.
Monuments.
Navigation.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Shifting loyalties: naval memorials, 1628-1783
  • 2. The age of heroes: naval memorials, 1783-1815
  • 3. Pax Britannica: naval memorials, 1815-1914
  • 4. Stormy weather: conflict and sacrifice in the twentieth century
  • 5. Commerce and philanthropy: mercantile commemoration
  • 6. Lost at sea: maritime accidents
  • 7. Maritime explorers: Drake to Shackleton
  • 8. Inshore: fishermen, lifesavers and leisure
  • Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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