Trading in war : London's maritime world in the age of Cook and Nelson /: London's maritime world in the age of Cook and Nelson. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Margarette Lincoln.
• Authors: Lincoln, Margarette
• Contents: Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; CONTENTS; PLATES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE ON CONVENTIONS; Map; Images; INTRODUCTION Forgotten Histories; 1 LONDON'S RIVERSIDE; Churches; Civic buildings; Wapping residents; Crossing the river; Deptford dockyard; Living in Deptford; To Greenwich; River and identity; 2 OPPORTUNITIES AND PRESSURES OF A WORLD CITY; Civil disturbance; Rivalries to the south; Politics in Surrey and Kent; An inquiring spirit; Officials and regulation; 3 WAR WITH AMERICA; War and poor families; Divided opinions; Dockyard reforms; Manning the navy. A war of survivalPortraying dockyard work; War's aftermath; 4 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT; Rising crime rate; Fighting crime; Highway robbery; Convict hulks; Securing a conviction; 5 SPIRITED WOMEN; Seamen's wives; Elizabeth Cook; The labouring poor; Women in business; Cross-dressing women; Respectability and reputation; Defending absent husbands; Widows and charity; 6 MONEY AND PLEASURE; Ship launches; Theatres; Shopping and other diversions; Charitable giving; River pleasures and dangers; 7 WAR WITH FRANCE; Preparations for war; Waving the flag; Militia and volunteers; Crisis and mutiny. Labour issuesThe fortunes of war; 8 GRAND DESIGNS; Approval for the dockyards; Funding the marine police; Building the docks; London and the slave trade; Rebellion thwarted; The effect of the docks; CONCLUSION London Against Napoleon; War and society; The longer-term impact of war; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
• Publisher Details: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations (chiefly color), maps
• Subjects: 942.07; Navy-yards and naval stations -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century; HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain; Economic history; Manners and customs; Navy-yards and naval stations; Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 17th century; London (England) -- Economic conditions -- 17th century; London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 17th century; Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire navale -- 17e siècle; Londres (Angleterre) -- Mœurs et coutumes -- 17e siècle; England -- London; Great Britain; History; Naval history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780300235388; 0300235380
• Related ISBNs: 0300227485; 9780300227482
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 11, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.