Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 594 g
Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 594 g
ISBN: 978-1-78327-109-2
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
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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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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Introduction
Letters, love and duty
Family from afar: pregnancy, childbirth and raising young children
'Children of the service'
Men of war
Women of war
Prest to volunteer: reluctant sailors and the naval community
Negotiating with the nation: petitions and the language of appeal
Conclusion
Appendix: Cast of characters
Bibliography
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