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‘[T]he true sailors of Western Africa’: Kru seafaring identity in British travellers’ accounts of the 1830s and 1840s
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
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
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Chatham Dockyard, 1815–1865: The Industrial Transformation
Philip MacDougall (Ed.)
Review by James Davey
Ashgate
Size: pp. xvii + 410, hb
£65
ISBN: 9780754665977 'This is an important volume that demonstrates the dockyard’s transition into the industrialised world, to be recommended to any scholar interested in the Navy and the state’s response to technological change.' |
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Nightmare at Scapa Flow: the Truth about the Sinking of HMS Royal Oak
H. J. Weaver
Review by Scott Lindgren
Birlinn Ltd
Size: pp. 169, illustrated
£7.99
ISBN: 978 1 84341 042 3 (pb) "...it is however, a very entertaining and interesting read. That in itself should earn it a place on many a bookshelf." |
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School of the Sea
Stephen Richardson
Review by John Johnson-Allen
Whittles Publishing
Size: pp. 153, black & white illus.
£16.99
ISBN: 978-1904445-58-6 (pb) "The majority ... written about the Merchant Navy in [WWII] ... concentrates on the action and the losses ... Richardson’s book is an interesting change. To some extent the War is the backdrop to everyday life at sea and is an inconvenience to that life..." |
ISSN: 1469-1957
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