Lincoln, Margarette
Trading in War
- ISBN 13:
- 9780300227482
- author:
- Lincoln, Margarette
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Yale University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 23.62 x 16 x 3.3 centimetres (0.
- Genre:
- History, Europe, Great Britain,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
London's Maritime World in the Age of Cook and Nelson A vivid account of the forgotten citizens who sustained Britain during the Revolutionary Wars. In the half-century before the Battle of Trafalgar, London's port became the commercial nexus of a global empire, launching Britain's military campaigns in North America and Napoleonic Europe. The unruly riverside parishes east of the Tower seethed with life, a crowded mix of sailors, soldiers, traders, and ordinary citizens who served them. This meticulously researched work recovers a forgotten maritime world, highlighting the impact of war on everyday life, from smuggling to subversive ideas, and commemorating the working community: shipwrights, wives coping with absent husbands, and early trade unions. The lives of ordinary Londoners are revealed behind Britain's unstoppable rise to sea power and its eventual defeat of Napoleon.
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