The press gang : naval impressment and its opponents in Georgian Britain /
The press gang, and its forcible recruitment of sailors to man the Royal Navy in times of war, acquired notoriety for depriving men of their liberty and carrying them away to a harsh life at sea, sometimes for years at a time. Nicholas Rogers explains exactly how the press gang worked, whom it was a...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Rogers, Nicholas |
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
2007.
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