Henry Clifford Darby

David Thomson

Peter Burke

Francis Harry Hinsley

Richard Bruce Wernham

Francis Ludwig Carsten

Geoffrey Rudolph Elton

Harold Fullard

John Selwyn Bromley

George Richard Potter

J. P. Cooper

J. O. Lindsay

Albert Goodwin

Charles William Crawley

John Patrick Tuer Bury

V.1 The renaissance 1493-1520 -- V.2 The reformation 1520-1559 -- V.5 The ascendancy of France 1648-88. -- V.7 The old regime 1713-63. -- V.8 The American and French révolution 1763-93 -- V.9 war and peace in an age of Upheaval 1793-1830. -- V.10 The zenith of European power 1830-70. -- V.11 Material progress and world-wide problems 1870-1898. -- V.12 The era of violence 1898-1945.

The New Cambridge Modern History: The decline of Spain and the Thirty Years War, 1609-48

How should the Royal Navy be manned? Was impressment the best answer to this question? Was the seizure of men off the streets by Press Gangs acceptable to a freedom-loving society? What was the alternative? This issue provoked considerable debate, especially with reference to the Georgian and Victorian Navy, and attracted the attention, not only of naval officers to whom it was an essential matter of vital concern, but also of politicians, administrators, and influential voices in the City and the Press. Professor Bromley examines this important subject through the medium of twenty-five separate and complete pamphlets that were written and publicly circulated between 1693 and 1873. The authors of these pamphlets range from admirals, captains, commanders, lieutenants, and a naval chaplain to a City liveryman, a Middlesex JP, and celebrated philanthropist. Biographies of these authors are provided.

Selected Public Pamphlets, 1693-1873

The Manning of the Royal Navy

John Selwyn Bromley

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