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Naval Families, War and Duty in Britain, 1740-1820 (Hardcover)
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Naval Families, War and Duty in Britain, 1740-1820 (Hardcover)
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Provides deep insights into the roles and responsibilities of men,
women and children within naval families. This book explores the
competing demands of family, war and duty in the lives of
eighteenth-century naval men and their families. It covers not just
the men afloat and their wives ashore, but also the rich and
complex financial, professional and fraternal networks that were
essential to naval lives. By drawing on a substantial body of
personal correspondence, the book goes beyond cultural and gendered
stereotypes to examine the roles and responsibilities of men, women
and children within a naval family and how war shaped and
determined those roles. The families considered include those of
several famous naval figures, including Philip Broke, Matthew
Flinders and George Bass, and also the families of "lower deck"
seamen, some of whom could not write for themselves and where data
has been gleaned from previously unexplored petitions. The
information provided contributes to a wider understanding of gender
roles, especially masculinity, in the period and to
eighteenth-century social and cultural history more broadly.
Moreover, as insights into the intimate and emotional details of
family life, especially between husbands and wives, aredifficult to
discover in any historical period (such intimacy being rarely
recorded), the details presented here constitute a rare resource.
Ellen Gill completed her doctorate at the University of Sydney.
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