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The evil necessity : British naval impressment in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world /

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Main Author:	Brunsman, Denver Alexander, 1975-
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
Series:	Early American histories. Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies.
Subjects:	Great Britain > History, Naval > 18th century. Great Britain. > Royal Navy > History > 18th century. Impressment > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Impressment > United States > History > 18th century. Sailors > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Sailors > United States > History > 18th century. Imperialism > History > 18th century. 1700 - 1799 Electronic books.
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