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Acton, William. "Observations on Veneral Diseases in the United Kingdom, from Statistical Reports in the Army, Navy, and Merchant Services." Lancet (1846):703-05. From lecture, 1846. major issue among armed forces, mid-19th century; era of Contagious Diseases Acts.
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19th C. (1800-1899); condition; health; Royal Marine; Royal Navy;
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19th century, nineteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Marine, commando , Royal Navy, Britain, England, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Adam, P., ed. Seamen in Society: Proceedings of the International Commission for Maritime History, Bucharest, August 1980. Essays, e.g., Sarah Palmer & Conrad Dixon.
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association; condition; maritime history; seaman; seamanship;
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condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , seamanship, seafaring, navigation, professional competence , maritime history, naval history , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium
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Adams, Charles Francis. Richard Henry Dana: A Biography. 2 vols. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1890, 1891.
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nautical fiction, sea fiction , personality, prominent leader, noted person , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Adams, Thomas R. & Waters, David W., comps. English Maritime Books Printed before 1801: Relating to Ships, Their Construction and Their Operation at Sea: Including Articles in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society: Arranged in Two Parts Alphabetically and Topically. Providence: John Carter Brown Library; London: NMM, 1995, xxxiv, 602 pp. Foreword: N.A.M. Rodger; 3809 indivdual entries under 24 topics; massive compilation & essential bibliography; cooperation from National Maritime Museum of London; details on number of copies and where located; earliest was 1528; e.g., navigational manuals, almanacs, works on gunnery, health, laws, instruments, conditions, etc.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); association; bibliography; condition; gunnery; health; instrument; law; literature; maritime history; museum; naval lore;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, bibliography, list, listing , maritime history, naval history , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, literature, culture, museum, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , gunnery, gun, weapon , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, law, instrument, navigation, compass, clock , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Adkins, Roy & Adkins, Lesley. Jack Tar: Life in Nelson's Navy. London: Little Brown, 2008, xxiv, 429 pp. Excellent maps & illustrations, though little link to commentary; covered 1770-1815; introductory level, emphasis on geneology; exaggerated "bad" conduct & "miserable" life, as, earlier, had John Masefield.
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age of sail; condition; literature; Nelson, Horatio; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , age of sail, Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, literature, culture
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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. In Which We Serve: A Book about the Navy, Addressed Primarily to the Officers, Men and Women of the Naval Service. London: Admiralty, 1956, 61 pp.
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Admiralty; condition; discipline; naval guide; officer; Royal Marine; Royal Navy; seaman; woman;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Marine, commando , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , woman, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Adye, S. Payne. A Treatise on Courts-Martial: Also, An Essay on Military Punishments and Rewerds. London: Murray; Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1786, 1796, 1797, 1981, viii, 284 pp.
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condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, law, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty
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Agostini, Thomas. "'Deserted His Majesty's Service': Military Runaways, the British-American Press, and the Problem of Desertion during the Seven Years' War." J Social His, 40 (Summer 2007): 957-87. Over 2000 deserted.
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18th C. (1700-1799); age of sail; Anglo-American; condition; impressment; Royal Navy;
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18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, impressment, Royal Navy, Britain, England, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , age of sail
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Akiyama, Yuriko. "Trained Cooks and Healthy Boys: Reforming the Mess in the Royal Navy before the First World War." MM, 94 (November 2008): 420-31.
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19th C. (1800-1899); condition; health; logistics; Royal Navy; victualling;
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19th century, nineteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Navy, Britain, England, victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , logistics, supply, supplies
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Alderman, Clifford Lindsey. Wooden Ships and Iron Men. New York: Walker, 1964, 134 pp. Nautical fiction; juvenile literature; young English sailor, thence to American navy during War of 1812; based on Samuel Leech, 1798-1848.
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age of sail; condition; juvenile literature; memoir; nautical fiction; Royal Navy; ship; United States Navy; War of 1812;
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age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , juvenile literature, children's, junior, nautical fiction, sea fiction , Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of 1812, Anglo-American war, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, impressment, battle, frigate action, campaign, blockade , united states navy, US navy, ship, boat, vessel, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Alderman, Geoffrey. "Joseph Chamberlain's Attempted Reform of the British Mercantile Marine." J Trans His, new ser, 1 (February 1972): 169-84. Associated with efforts of Samuel Plimsoll.
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19th C. (1800-1899); architecture; condition; merchant marine; voyage;
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19th century, nineteenth, merchant marine, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , voyage
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Alderman, Geoffrey. "Samuel Plimsoll and the Shipping Interest." Maritime History, 1 (April 1971): 73-95. Problem of "crimps," process whereby British owners exploited merchant seamen.
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19th C. (1800-1899); condition; merchant marine; personality; seaman; shipbuilding;
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19th century, nineteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , merchant marine, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Allaway, Jim, comp. More Navy in the News, 1954-1994. London: HMSO, 1994, x, 119 pp. Folio.
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England, cold war
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Allaway, Jim, comp. The Navy in the News, 1954-1991. London: HMSO, 1993, xvi, 107 pp. Folio.
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, cold war, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Allen, Kenneth S. "That Bounty Bastard": The True Story of Captain William Bligh. London: Hale; New York: St. Martin, 1976, 1977, 224 pp. Bligh, 1754-1817; on tombstone: "fought battles and died, beloved, respected, and lamented"; despite title, sympathetic toward Bligh; described outbursts & cursings.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; Banks, Joseph; Bligh, William; condition; discipline; exploration; imperialism; law; mutiny; officer; Royal Navy;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Bligh, William, mutiny, Bounty, Captain, Admiral , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , banks, joseph, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , law, Royal Navy, Britain, England, mutiny, insurrection, Bounty , officer, quarterdeck, leader , discipline
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Allison, Richard Sydney. HMS Caroline: A Brief Account of Some Warships Bearing the Name, and in Particular of HMS Caroline (1914-1974), and Her Part in the Development of the Ulster Division, RNVR, and later RNR. Belfast: Blackstaff, 1974, 196 pp. Foreword: Earl Mountbatten; cruiser Caroline.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-Irish; association; condition; Mountbatten, Louis; Royal Naval Reserve; ship;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Irish, Ireland, Eire, Royal Naval Reserve, volunteer , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Mountbatten, Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma , ship, boat, vessel, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium
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Allison, Richard Sydney. Sea Diseases: The Story of a Great Natural Experiment in the Preventive Medicine in the Royal Navy. London: Bale Medical, 1943, xxiii, 218 pp.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; age of sail; condition; health; Royal Navy; scurvy;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Royal Navy, Britain, England, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency
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Allison, Richard Sydney. The Surgeon Probationers. Belfast: Blackstaff, 1979, xix, 142 pp. Included "Clinical Notes" by R.J. Willan.
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condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Navy, Britain, England, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency
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Allport, Alan. "Demob: The Demobilization of British Servicemen at the End of the Second World War." Ph.D. diss, Pennsylvania, 2007, 360 pp. (DAI, January 2008).
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Admiralty; condition; conscription; Royal Naval Reserve; Royal Navy; World War II;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service, recruitment, recruiting, recruit, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Royal Naval Reserve, volunteer , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 2, second world war
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Alsop, J.D & Hair, P.E.H., eds. English Seamen and Traders in New Guinea, 1553-1565: The New Evidence of Their Wills. Dyfed: Edwin Mellen, 1992, 392 pp. Study of 90 wills; seamen & traders who died in early voyages, West Africa.
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16th C. (1500-1599); condition; merchant marine; Royal Navy; seaman; trade;
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16th century, sixteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , merchant marine, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , Royal Navy, Britain, England
| Abbreviations | |
| AHR | American Historical Review |
| Alb | Albion |
| alt | alternate |
| Am Nep | American Neptune |
| AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
| ASLIB | Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses) |
| BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
| Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
| Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
| comp | Compiled by |
| DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| EcHR | Economic History Review |
| ed | editor or edited by |
| EnHR | English Historical Review |
| HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
| HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
| His Res | Historical Research |
| His Tod | History Today |
| Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
| IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
| IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
| IHR | International History Review |
| intro | introduction |
| J Am His | Journal of American History |
| J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
| JBS | Journal of British Studies |
| J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
| J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
| JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
| J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
| J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
| J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
| JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
| J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
| JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
| J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
| J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
| J Wor His | Journal of World History |
| MM | Mariner's Mirror |
| Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
| NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
| NMM | National Maritime Museum |
| Nav Rev | Naval Review |
| NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
| Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
| NIP | Naval Institute Press |
| Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
| Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
| P & P | Past and Present |
| Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
| trans | translated by |
| UP | University Press |
| USNIP | Proceedings of the Naval Institute |
| Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
| War & Soc | War and Society |
| War in His | War in History |
| W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
| WSS | World Ship Society |