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Enter the Press-gang

2002 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2002
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 552/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Enter the Press-gang by : Daniel James Ennis

Download or read book Enter the Press-gang written by Daniel James Ennis. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Even as press-gangs roamed the London streets, eighteenth-century writers applauded, critiqued, and condemned the practice Pepys called "a great tyranny" - the means of naval recruitment by which Britain simultaneously manned her fleets and oppressed her citizens." "This book centers on literature produced in "moments of crisis" - times when Britain faced a military challenge and thus needed her Navy most. When the French gained the upper hand early in the Seven Years' War, David Garrick was moved to write "To honour we call you, not press you like slaves, / For who are so free as we sons of the waves?" This characterization of the press as benign was common in the theater, even as sailors brawled with press-gangs on London Bridge. At the same time, novelists bitterly attacked impressment policy, showing how the press weighs most heavily on the poor."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Punch

1865 Caricatures and cartoons
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Release : 1865
Genre : Caricatures and cartoons
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Book Synopsis Punch by : Mark Lemon

Download or read book Punch written by Mark Lemon. This book was released on 1865. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Press Gang

2008-09-04 History
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Release : 2008-09-04
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 736/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Press Gang by : Nicholas Rogers

Download or read book The Press Gang written by Nicholas Rogers. This book was released on 2008-09-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The press gang, and its forcible recruitment of sailors to man the Royal Navy in times of war, acquired notoriety for depriving men of their liberty and carrying them away to a harsh life at sea, sometimes for years at a time. Nicholas Rogers explains exactly how the press gang worked, whom it was aimed at and how successful it was in achieving its ends. He also shows the limits to its operations and the press gang's need for cooperation from local authorities, who were by no means prepared to support it. Written by an expert in the social history of eighteenth-century Britain, it is both well-researched and highly readable.

Talking Revolution

2014 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2014
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 445/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Talking Revolution by : Franca Dellarosa

Download or read book Talking Revolution written by Franca Dellarosa. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study sheds light on a major and until now little studied Liverpool writer, Edward Rushton (1782-1814), whose politics and poetics were imbued in the most pressing events and debates shaking the world during the Age of Revolution.

Performances

1996 History
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Release : 1996
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 000/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Performances by : Greg Dening

Download or read book Performances written by Greg Dening. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '. . . history is my passion. Writing it, teaching it, reading it fills the days and years of my life. In all passions, there is pain and pleasure.' Greg Dening In this collection of writings-some new, some previously published-Greg Dening reflects on his experiences both as a historian and a participant in history. Performances brings together the personal and the scholarly, demonstrating how our lives are saturated with history, how we can only understand our present through our consciousness of the past and how in thinking about the past we mirror the time and place of our own living. Each of these essays can be enjoyed on its own, yet throughout them all run the common themes of the intricate relationships between past and present, the personal and the political, historical research and the imagination. Dening writes with elegance and candour, inviting readers to reflect upon their own participation in the 'performance' of history.

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