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The Evil Necessity

British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

The Evil Necessity( )
Author: Brunsman, Denver
Series title:Early American Histories Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8139-3352-8
Publication Date:Mar 2013
Publisher:University of Virginia Press
Book Format:Ebook
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Book Description:

Drawing on ships' logs, merchants' papers, personal letters and diaries, as well as engravings, political texts, and sea ballads, Brunsman shows how ultimately the controversy over impressment contributed to the American Revolution and served as a leading cause of the War of 1812.

Early American HistoriesWinner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an Outstanding Work of Scholarship in Eighteenth-Century Studies

Book Details
Pages:376
Detailed Subjects: History / Europe / Great Britain / General
Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / General
Political Science / Imperialism
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.12 x 9.25 x 1.25 Inches



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