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Boys at Sea is a study of homoerotic life in the Royal Navy during the age of sail. The book traces every feature of sexual life at sea, including seduction, rape, prostitution, courts martial, and the punishments meted out to those convicted of violating the stern moral code set down in the Article...

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Main Author: Burg, B. R. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
History.
Clinical Psychology.
Gender Studies.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Military.
Modern History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Clinical psychology.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
History, Modern.
Military history.
Sex (Psychology)
Sociology.
World history.
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Boys at Sea is a study of homoerotic life in the Royal Navy during the age of sail. The book traces every feature of sexual life at sea, including seduction, rape, prostitution, courts martial, and the punishments meted out to those convicted of violating the stern moral code set down in the Articles of War .
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XV, 245 pages)
ISBN:9780230590700
DOI:10.1057/9780230590700