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Abadi, Jacob. Britain's Withdrawal from the Middle East, 1947-1971: The Economic and Strategic Imperatives. Kingston Press Series. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1982, 1983, xvii, 283 pp.
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20th C. (1900-1999); economics; impressment; Middle East; strategy;
Keywords:
Middle East, strategy, economics, economic policy, 20th century, twentieth, impressment
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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;
Keywords:
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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Alexander, J.K. "'Forton Prison during the American Revolution: A Case Study of the British Prisoner of War Policy and the American Response to that Policy." Essex Institute Historical Collection, 103 (1967): 365-89.
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Anglo-American; Colonial America; impressment; prisoner of war; Royal Navy;
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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , Royal Navy, Britain, England, prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, impressment
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Allen, D.W. "The British Navy Rules: Monitoring and Incompatible Incentives in the Age of Fighting Sail." Explorations in Economic History, 39 (2002): 204-31.
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Admiralty; age of sail; impressment; officer; recruitment; Royal Navy;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, impressment, recruitment, recruit, recruiting, conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service, Royal Navy, Britain, England, officer, quarterdeck, leader
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Anderson, Olive. "The Establishment of British Supremacy at Sea and the Exchange of Naval Prisoners of War, 1689-1783." EnHR, 75 (January 1960): 77-89. Important manning issue for RN.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; age of sail; Anglo-American; Anglo-French; Colonial America; diplomacy; imperialism; impressment; prisoner of war; Royal Navy;
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17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, impressment, prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations
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Anderson, Olive. "The Impact on the Fleet of the Disposal of Prisoners of War in Distant Waters, 1689-1783." MM, 45 (1959): 243-49.
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17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); age of sail; Anglo-American; Anglo-French; Colonial America; impressment; prisoner of war; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , prisoner of war, prisoner, convict, impressment, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Armstrong, John & Cutler, John. "The British Coastal Fleet in the Eighteenth Century: How Useful Are the Admiralty Registers of Protection from Impressment?" Am Nep, 60 (Summer 2000): 235-51.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; coastal vessel; impressment; naval guide; trade;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, impressment, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Barrow, Tony, ed. Pressgang and Privateers: Aspects of the Maritime History of North East England, 1760-1815. Whitley Bay: Berwick, 1993, 64 pp. Essays, some cited.
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18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); impressment; maritime history; North Sea; piracy; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, north sea, impressment, maritime history, naval history , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Barrow, Tony. "The Noble Anne Affair, 1779: A Case Study of Impressment during the American Revolutionary War." See T. Barrow, Pressgangs & Privateers, pp. 13-22.
Categories:
18th C. (1700-1799); Anglo-American; Colonial America; impressment; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , impressment, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Baynham, Henry W.F. From the Lower Deck: The Old Navy, 1780-1840. London: Hutchinson; Barre: Barre, 1969, 1970, 200 pp. Anthology of memoirs, 9 impressed seamen.
Categories:
18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; age of sail; condition; discipline; impressment; Royal Navy; seaman;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, impressment, Royal Navy, Britain, England, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor
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Brunsman, Denver Alexander. "The Evil Necessity: British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World." Ph.D. diss, Princeton, 2004. (DAI April 2005).
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18th century, eighteenth, Royal Navy, Britain, England, recruitment, recruit, recruiting, conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service, impressment
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Choate, Jean. At Sea under Impressment: Accounts of Involuntary Service aboard Navy and Pirate Vessels, 1700-1820. Jefferson: McFarland, 2010. Historical overview.
Categories:
18th C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); age of sail; condition; impressment; piracy; Royal Navy;
Keywords:
18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , impressment, Royal Navy, Britain, England, piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer
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 |