Social reform in the United States Navy, 1798-1862 / Harold D. Langley
1967, 1st edition. Urbana : University of Illinois Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #418097
Physical description; 309 pp.: illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents; pt. I. The Navy and the Nation -- The Formative Years, 1798-1815 -- The Years of Decline and Reform, 1815-62 -- pt. II. Religion and the Reformers -- Uplifting the Sailor -- pt. III. The Manpower Problem -- Abuses in Enlistment and Discharges -- Toward a Career Enlisted Service -- pt. IV. The Quest for Humane Discipline -- The Use and Abuse of Corporal Punishment -- The End of Flogging -- pt. V. The Alcohol Problem -- The Temperance Crusade in the Navy -- The End of Grog. Subjects; United States. Navy. History.
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