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Author

Brunsman, Denver Alexander, 1975-

Title The evil necessity [electronic resource] : British naval impressment in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world / Denver Brunsman.

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Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xi, 364 p. : ill.
Series	Early American histories
Note	Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Part I. Empire -- Imperial Design -- Ruling the Waves -- Cultures of Impressment -- Part II. Sailors -- Men of War -- Everyday Escapes -- Atlantic Impressment Riots -- Epilogue.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- 18th century.
	Impressment -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
	Impressment -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Sailors -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
	Sailors -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
	Imperialism -- History -- 18th century.
	Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780813933511 (cloth : acid-free paper)
	9780813933528 (electronic bk.)