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The JMR publishes the latest research in maritime and naval history: political, social, economic and cultural. We also review books relevant to the field.

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‘[T]he true sailors of Western Africa’: Kru seafaring identity in British travellers’ accounts of the 1830s and 1840s ‘[T]he true sailors of Western Africa’: Kru seafaring identity in British travellers’ accounts of the 1830s and 1840s
Robert Burroughs
Robert Burroughs explores historians’ arguments over the social construction of Kru maritime identity in an analysis of the representation of Anglo-Kru encounters in travellers’ accounts of West Africa, in particular those from the 1830s and 1840s. Read abstract.
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The meanings of the late Victorian sailor suit The meanings of the late Victorian sailor suit
Clare Rose
Claire Rose examines how the sailor suit for boys was interpreted by different classes of late Victorian England. Read abstract.
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Latest reviews

The Slave Ship: a Human History The Slave Ship: a Human History
Marcus Rediker
Review by Charles R. Foy
John Murray  Size: pp. 434
£30  ISBN: 978-0-7195-6302-7 (hb)
"...Rediker painfully and in great detail depicts the violence that was central to the slave trade while emphasizing the impact of the slave trade upon individual lives."
The Sea King: The Life of James Iredell Waddell The Sea King: The Life of James Iredell Waddell
Gary McKay
Review by John McAleer
Birlinn  Size: pp. 297
£9.99  ISBN: 9781843410461
'...this book will provide a valuable snapshot of an extraordinary period in America’s maritime history.'
Sweet Water and Bitter: The Ships that stopped the Slave Trade Sweet Water and Bitter: The Ships that stopped the Slave Trade
Siân Rees
Review by Mary Wills
Chatto & Windus  Size: 352 pages
£20  ISBN: 9780701181598 (hb)
"Rees’s use of small case histories to exemplify the broader story of suppression is particularly effective. The attention ... to the engaging stories of individual sailors is justified by the insight this provides into the profound emotions of those employed in anti-slavery service..."
ISSN: 1469-1957
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