War, Nationalism, and the British Sailor, 1750–1850

256 Pages·2009·4.885 MB·English

by  Isaac Land (auth.)

War, Nationalism,
and
the British Sailor, 1750–1850
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War, Nationalism,
and
the British Sailor, 1750–1850
Isaac Land
ISBN 978-1-349-99950-7 ISBN 978-0-230-10106-7 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-0-230-10106-7
WAR,NATIONALISM, ANDTHEBRITISHSAILOR, 1750–1850
Copyright © Isaac Land, 2009.
Reprint of the original edition 2009
All rights reserved.
First published in 2009 by
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data.
Land, Isaac.
War, nationalism, and the British sailor, 1750–1850 / by Isaac Land.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-230-61591-5
1. Sailors–Great Britain–History–18th century. 2. Sailors–Great
Britain–History–19th century. 3. National characteristics, British–
History–18th century. 4. National characteristics, British–
History–19th century. 5. Great Britain. Royal Navy–Sea life.
6. Great Britain–History, Naval–18th century. 7. Great Britain–
History, Naval–19th century. 8. Sailors in literature. I. Title.
DA87.L36 2009
359.10941’09033–dc22 2009006420
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library.
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Contents
List of Figures ix
Acknowledgments xi
List of Abbreviations xv
Introduction 1
1 Will the Real Jack Tar Please Stand Up? 13
2 Impressed: Becoming Jack Tar 29
3 W ell Rigged: Cross-Dressing, Patriotism,
and Parody 57
4 Married to Britannia: Musicals, Mutinies,
and Manhood 77
5 Behold Our Empire: Loyalists, Reformers,
and Radicals 105
6 Ships Without Sailors? Nostalgia for Jack Tar
in the Industrial Age 131
Conclusion 159
Notes 171
Bibliography 213
Index 239
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List of Figures
2.1 “Jack in a White Squall.”
Courtesy of the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University,
811.8.16.1 49
3.1 “The Sailor and the Ghost.”
Courtesy of the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University,
805.3.25.4 71
4.1 “Britain’s Rights Maintain’d.”
Courtesy of the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University,
755.8.11.1 79
4.2 “Accommodation: or Lodgings to Let at Portsmouth.”
Courtesy of the Lewis Walpole Library,
Yale University, 808.6.30.1.1 82
4.3 “An English Jack-Tar giving Monsieur a Drubbing.”
Courtesy of the Library of Congress. 92
4.4 “Lord Howe They Run.”
Courtesy of the Lewis Walpole Library,
Yale University, 794.6.25.1 93
4.5 “Admiral Nelson Recreating with his Brave Tars.”
Courtesy of the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University,
798.10.20.1 100
6.1 “Britannia and the Admiralty,” Punch, 1849.
Courtesy of Indiana State University. 133
6.2 “Mr. Punch’s Industrial Exhibition,” Punch, 1850.
Courtesy of Indiana State University. 141
6.3 “ St. Andrews, Fishergate, Women and Children
Baiting the Lines.”
Courtesy of the University of Michigan Museum of Art,
1971/2.141
Purchase made possible by Friends of the Museum of Art 143
C.1 “Joseph Johnson.”
Courtesy of Indiana State University. 165