Jack Tar to Union Jack examines the intersection between empire, navy, and manhood in British society from 1870 to 1918. Through analysis of sources that include courts-martial cases, sailors' own writings, and the HMS Pinafore, Conley charts new depictions of naval manhood during the Age of Empire, a period which witnessed the radical transformation of the navy, the intensification of imperial competition, the democratisation of British society, and the advent of mass culture. Jack Tar to Union Jack argues that popular representations of naval men increasingly reflected and informed imperial masculine ideals in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Conley shows how the British Bluejacket as both patriotic defender and dutiful husband and father stood in sharp contrast to the stereotypic image of the brave but bawdy tar of the Georgian navy.
This book will be essential reading for students of British imperial history, naval and military history, and gender studies.
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From Jack Tar to Union Jack
Representing naval manhood in the British Empire, 1870–1918
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From Jack Tar to Union Jack
Representing naval manhood in the British Empire, 1870–1918
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Publisher
Manchester University PressYear
2017Print ISBN
9781526106674
9780719075346
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9781526117656
Table of contents
- Front matter
- Dedication
- Contents
- General editor's introduction
- Acknowledgements
- List of figures
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction: Gender, navy and empire
- Imperial challenges and the modernisation of the fleet
- For the good of the boys in blue: philanthropy, Agnes Weston and contested manhood
- From powder monkey to admiral: social mobility, heroism and naval manhood
- Strong men for a strong navy: naval scares, imperial anxieties and naval manhood
- Lessons in manhood: boyhood, duty and war
- Conclusion
- Select bibliography
- Index
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