Trading in war : London's maritime world in the age of Cook and Nelson / Margarette Lincoln.
Trading in war : London's maritime world in the age of Cook and Nelson / Margarette Lincoln.
Trading in war : London's maritime world in the age of Cook and Nelson / Margarette Lincoln.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
Call Numbers
G 2019/2559
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: forgotten histories -- London's riverside -- Opportunities and pressures of a world city -- War with America -- Crime and punishment -- Spirited women -- Money and pleasure -- War with France -- Grand designs -- Conclusion: London against Napoleon.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"A vivid account of the forgotten citizens of maritime London who sustained Britain during the Revolutionary Wars. In the half-century before the Battle of Trafalgar the port of London became the commercial nexus of a global empire and launch pad of Britain's military campaigns in North America and Napoleonic Europe. The unruly riverside parishes e...
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Trading in war : London's maritime world in the age of Cook and Nelson / Margarette Lincoln.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-283) and index.
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©2018
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G 2019/2559
Record Identifier
74VKVB840V5O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVB840V5O
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ISBN
9780300227482
DDC
942.107
MMS ID
991024242107302626
