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02612aam a2200313Ii 4500 001 0E6544CCF70611E582760BA0DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160331010051 008 140825s2015 enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781783270033 020 $a 1783270039 035 $a (OCoLC)889168866 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d CUD $d OCLCO $d CDX $d COO $d CUV $d YWM $d NLE $d UV0 $d NhCcYME $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a VB275.G7 $b D36x 2015 050 4 $a VB275.G7 $b D36x 2015 082 04 $a 359.223094109033 $2 23 100 1 $a Dancy, Jeremiah R. $q (Jeremiah Ross), $d 1981- $e author. 245 14 $a The myth of the press gang : $b volunteers, impressment and the naval manpower problem in the late eighteenth century / $c J. Ross Dancy. 264 1 $a Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : $b The Boydell Press, $c 2015. 300 $a xiv, 213 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and index. 520 $a "The press gang is generally regarded as the means by which the British navy solved the problem of recruiting enough seamen in the late eighteenth century. This book, however, based on extensive original research conducted primarily in a large number of ships' muster books, demonstrates that this view is false. It argues that, in fact, the overwhelming majority of seamen in the navy were there of their own free will. Taking a long view across the late eighteenth century but concentrating on the period of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars of 1793-1815, the book provides great detail on the sort of men that were recruited and the means by which they were recruited, and includes a number of individuals' stories. It shows how manpower was a major concern for the Admiralty; how the Admiralty put in place a range of recruitment methods including the quota system; how it worried about depleting merchant shipping of sufficient sailors; and how, although most seamen were volunteers, the press gang was resorted to, especially during the initial mobilisation at the beginning of wars and to find certain kinds of particularly skilled seamen. The book also makes comparisons with recruitment methods employed by the navies of other countries and by the British army"--page 4 of cover. 650 0 $a Impressment $x History $y 18th century. 610 10 $a Great Britain. $b Royal Navy $x Recruiting. $x Recruiting. 610 10 $a Great Britain. $b Royal Navy $x History $y 18th century. 941 $a 1 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20160331011936.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0E6544CCF70611E582760BA0DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search