TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rogers,Nicholas
TI  - The press gang: naval impressment and its opponents in Georgian Britain 
SN  - 9781852855680 (cased)
AV  - VA454 .R674 2007
U1  - 359.2/230941 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - London
PB  - Continuum
KW  - Royal Navy
KW  - Impressment
KW  - Sailors
KW  - Eighteenth century
KW  - Great Britain
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-164) and index; Introduction -- Impressment and the law -- Resisting the press gang : trends, patterns, dynamics -- Spotlight on two ports : Bristol and Liverpool -- Manning the navy in the mid-century Atlantic -- The navy and the nation, 1793-1820 -- Epilogue
N2  - The press gang, and its forcible recruitment of sailors to man the Royal Navy in times of war, acquired notoriety for depriving men of their liberty and carrying them away to a harsh life at sea, sometimes for years at a time. Nicholas Rogers explains exactly how the press gang worked, whom it was aimed at and how successful it was in achieving its ends. He also shows the limits to its operations and the press gang's need for cooperation from local authorities, who were by no means prepared to support it.--From publisher description
ER  -