Boys at Sea
Sodomy, Indecency, and Courts Martial in Nelson's Navy
Burg, B. R.
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BOOK SUMMARY
Boys at Sea is a study of homoerotic life in the Royal Navy during the age of sail. It deals not only with sex among ordinary crewmen, but reveals that the most consistent feature of prosecutions for sodomy and indecency involved officers forcing their
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B.R. BURG is Professor of History at Arizona State University. He is the author of numerous books and articles on seafarers and sexuality in the age of sail.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction * Law, Literature, Sodomy, and Royal Navy Officers * Regulating Sodomy in the Pre-Nelson Navy * Ratings with Ratings, Ratings with Boys * Officers and Boys at Sea * Warrant Officers, Petty Officers, and their Boys * Sodomy, Indecency, and HMS Africaine * The Last Sex Court Martial * Notes * Works Cited Introduction * Law, Literature, Sodomy, and Royal Navy Officers * Regulating Sodomy in the Pre-Nelson Navy * Ratings with Ratings, Ratings with Boys * Officers and Boys at Sea * Warrant Officers, Petty Officers, and their Boys * Sodomy, Indecency, and HMS Africaine * The Last Sex Court Martial * Notes * Works Cited
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ISBN: 0230522289
ISBN(13-digit): 9780230522282
Dewey Decimal: 359.1/334
Library of Congress: 2007016233
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 245
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