Roger Knight, Martin Wilcox

Sustaining the Fleet, 1793-1815

War, the British Navy and the Contractor State

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Produktbeschreibung

An assessment of the work of the contractors who were commissioned by the Victualling Board to provision the fleet in this period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781843835646
• ISBN-10: 1843835649
• Artikelnr.: 29606815

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: War and the Contractor State The Victualling Board and its
Contractors The Global Strategic Task The Market for Provisions at Home and
Abroad Supply Contracts: 'Men of Confined Property' and 'The Flower of the
City' Commission Agents: 'Persons of Reputation, Integrity and Extensive
Commercial Connexions' Sea Provisions Contractors: Extending the Imperial
Reach Basil Cochrane and the Victualling of the Fleet in the East Indies,
1792-1806 Zephaniah Job: Merchant, Smuggler, Banker and Contractor Samuel
Paget and the Sea Provisions Contract at Great Yarmouth, 1796-1802
Conclusion Appendices