Skip to search
Skip to main content
Catalog
Help
Feedback
Your Account
Library Account
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Search History
Search in
Keyword
Title (keyword)
Author (keyword)
Subject (keyword)
Title starts with
Subject (browse)
Author (browse)
Author (sorted by title)
Call number (browse)
search for
Search
Advanced Search
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Princeton University Library Catalog
Start over
Cite
Send
to
SMS
Email
EndNote
RefWorks
RIS
Printer
Bookmark
A social history of British naval officers, 1775-1815 / Evan Wilson.
Author
Wilson, Evan, 1984-
[Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Woodbridge, Suffolk : The Boydell Press, 2017.
Description
xii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Availability
Available Online
JSTOR DDA
Copies in the Library
Location
Call Number
Status
Location Service
Notes
ReCAP - Remote Storage
VB315.G7 W55 2017
Browse related items
Request
Details
Subject(s)
Navies
—
Great Britain
—
Officers
—
History
[Browse]
Great Britain Royal Navy
—
Officers
—
History
[Browse]
Library of Congress genre(s)
Naval histories
[Browse]
Summary note
This book explores the world of British naval officers at the height of the Royal Navy's power in the age of sail. It describes the full spectrum of officers, from commissioned officers to the unheralded but essential members of every ship's company, the warrant officers. The book focusses on naval officers' social status and its implications for their careers. The demands of life at sea conflicted with the expectations of genteel behaviour and background in eighteenth-century Britain, and the ways officers grappled with this challenge forms a key theme. Drawing on a large database of more than a thousand officers, the book argues that, contrary to the prevailing view, officers were mostly from the middling sort, not the landed elite. It shows how the navy attracted hordes of hopeful commissioned officers, how unemployment was common for the majority even in wartime, and how only a select group managed to gain promotion to post-captain. The book corrects our understanding of the men who lived and served in the wardrooms of the Royal Navy and refocusses our attention away from those who won fame and fortune and onto ordinary naval officers.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-273) and index.
Contents
The education of young gentlemen.
Commissioned officers' careers.
Warrant officers' careers.
The wardroom as a social space.
Patronage and promotion prospects.
Pay and prize money.
Domestic and international comparisons.
Naval officers' social status.
Show 5 more Contents items
ISBN
9781783271740 ((hardcover))
1783271744 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2017287448
OCLC
953744751
Statement on language in description
Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage.
Read more...
Other views
Staff view
Ask a Question
Suggest a Correction
Report Harmful Language
Supplementary Information
Other versions
Social history of british naval officers, 1775 -1815.
id
99101456713506421