The evil necessity [electronic resource] : British naval impressment in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world / Denver Brunsman
- Author:
- Brunsman, Denver Alexander, 1975-
- Published:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
- Physical Description:
- 364 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Access Online:
- serialssolutions.com
- Series:
- Early American histories and Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies
- Restrictions on Access:
- License restrictions may limit access.
- Contents:
- Part I. Empire -- Imperial Design -- Ruling the Waves -- Cultures of Impressment -- Part II. Sailors -- Men of War -- Everyday Escapes -- Atlantic Impressment Riots -- Epilogue.
- Subject(s):
- Genre(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780813933511 (cloth : acid-free paper) and 9780813933528 (e-book)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-350) and index.
View MARC record | catkey: 19563822