Nicholas Rogers' book gives the reader a detailed and illuminating insight into the world and ways of the press gang.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.Written by an expert in the social history of eighteenth-century Britain, it is both well-researched and highly readable.
- ISBN10 1847144683
- ISBN13 9781847144683
- Publish Date 4 September 2008 (first published 17 March 2005)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 July 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Continuum Collections, an imprint of Continuum International Publishing Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 184
- Language English