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Representing the Royal Navy - British Sea Power, 1750-1815 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Representing the Royal Navy - British Sea Power, 1750-1815 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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From the mid 18th century up till after memories of the Napoleonic
wars and the glories of 'Nelson's navy' had faded, the Royal Navy
was the bulwark of Britain's defence and the safeguard of trade and
imperial expansion. While there have been political and military
histories of the Navy in this period, looking at battles and
personalities, and studies of its administration and the life below
decks, this book is the first study of the Navy in a cultural
context, exploring contemporary attitudes to war and peace and to
ideologies of race and gender. As well as literary sources, Dr
Lincoln draws on the vast collections of the National Maritime
Museum, in paintings, cartoons, and ceramics, amongst others, to
focus attention on material that has hitherto been little used -
even research into the general culture of the late-Georgian age
has, curiously, neglected perceptions of the Navy, which was one of
its major institutions. Individual chapters discuss the attitudes
of particular groups towards the Navy - merchants, politicians,
churchmen, women, scientists, and the seamen themselves - and how
these attitudes changed over the course of the period.
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