{"product_id":"ships-of-state-literature-and-the-seamans-labour-in-proto-imperial-britain-hardback-9781487529475","title":"Ships of State; Literature and the Seaman's Labour in Proto-Imperial Britain (Hardback) 9781487529475","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShips of State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLiterature and the Seaman's Labour in Proto-Imperial Britain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaurie Ellinghausen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487529475\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 March 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e174 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2.4 cm, 0.38 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ideological roots of the British Empire have been widely discussed in early modern studies, as have maritime settings in the period\u0026amp;#x2019;s imaginative writing. However, these perspectives have not adequately accounted for how literature\u0026amp;#x2019;s evolving representations of the common British seaman shaped the early stages of public discourse about Britain\u0026amp;#x2019;s imperial endeavours. Filling that gap in scholarship, \u003cem\u003eShips of State\u003c\/em\u003e argues that literary representations of seaborne labour play a distinct and crucial role in the early formation of British imperial attitudes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book analyses these representations across an array of popular genres: New World promotion tracts, civic pageantry, stage drama, and broadside ballads. These genres demonstrate how imaginative modes of discourse both reflected and influenced popular conceptions of the common seaman and, by extension, the national ambitions he represented. Placing these depictions into dialogue with the larger national conversation about maritime expansion, \u003cem\u003eShips of State\u003c\/em\u003e sheds new light on the role of seaborne labour and its literary representations in creating and sustaining empire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Literature and the Seaman\u0026amp;#x2019;s Labour in Proto-Imperial Britain\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. \"Lords of the harbors\": English Fishermen and the Newfoundland Colony\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. \"Their labour doth returne rich golden gaine\": Fishmongers\u0026amp;#x2019; Shows and the Fisherman\u0026amp;#x2019;s Labour in Early Modern London\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. \"Hereditary Sloth\" and the Labour of Empire in Shakespeare\u0026amp;#x2019;s Mediterranean\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. \"A wife or friend at e\u0026amp;#x2019;ery port\": The Common Sailor in the Ballads of Early British Empire\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: The \"painefull Sea-Man\" of Imperial Britain\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595785203992,"sku":"9781487529475","price":38.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ships-of-state-literature-and-the-seamans-labour-in-proto-imperial-britain-hardback-9781487529475","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}