Social History of English Seamen 1650-1815

<p>Maritime social history is a relatively young and fertile field with many new research findings being discovered on a wide range of aspects of the subject. This book together with its companion volume The Social History of English Seamen 1485-1649 (The Boydell Press 2011) pulls together and makes accessible this large body of research work. Subjects covered include life at sea in different parts of the period for both officers and seamen in both the navy and in merchant ships; piracy and privateering; health health care and disability; seamen's food; homosexuality afloat; and the role of women at sea and on land. The contributors include many leading experts in their field. CHERYL A. FURY is an Associate Professor of History at the University of New Brunswick (Saint John campus) and a Fellow of the Gregg Centre for War and Society. Contributors: JAMES ALSOP JOHN APPLEBY JEREMY BLACK B. R. BURG BERNARD CAPP PETER EARLE CHERYL A. FURY MARGARETTE LINCOLN DAVID MCLEAN N. A. M. RODGER DAVID STARKEY</p>