Negotiating Masculinities and Modernity in the Maritime World, 1815–1940: A Sailor’s Progress?

Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
Introduction: A Sailor’s Progress?
	Negotiation and Change
	Technology and Contestation
	Patriotism, Citizenship, and Respectability
	Nascent and Fragile Masculinities
	Historicising Masculinities
Regency Masculinity? Napoleonic War Veterans and Explaining Change in the History of Masculinities
	Choosing Naval Veterans to Explain Change
	The Royal Navy as a Communication Community
	Naval Veterans at Home
	Military Masculinity and Families
	Conclusion
Part I: Negotiation and Change
	Displaying the Wooden Walls of Old England: The HMS Foudroyant as a Monument to Lost Skills and Manhood, 1892–1897
		Lighting German Fires
		Nostalgia in the Era of Navalism
		“Our Nelson’s Ship”
		Planning for Exhibition
		The Capacity for Heroism
	‘He Was Possessed of the Very First Natural Abilities’: American Mariners’ Construction of Masculinity on the Far Side of the World
		Gender and Gentility
		Samuel Shaw’s Reception
		The Cosmopolitan Gentility of Amasa Delano
		Edmund Fanning, ‘d____d Yankee’
		Richard Cleveland’s ‘Great Civility’
		Conclusion
	‘A Splendid Body of Men’: Fishermen as Model Males in Late-Nineteenth-Century British Imagery
		Introduction
		Independence: The Dignified Breadwinner
		Domesticity: Fishermen and the Ties of Home
		‘A Splendid Body of Men’: Physique, Costume, Sobriety
		Model Britons: Loyal, Hardy, Bold and Skilful
		Conclusion
Part II: Technology and Contestation
	‘Our Future Lies Upon the Water’: Redemptive Manhood and Maritime Labour Reform in the Wilhelmine Era in Germany
		Popular Depictions of the Seaman: Alienated Rogue or Emblem of Empire?
		Reconnecting the Prodigal Seaman to the Fatherland
		From Stepsons of Society to the Brotherhood of Citizens
		Making ‘Real Seamen’ for War
		Conclusion
	‘A Real Men’s Profession’: Finnish Sailors and Masculinities at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
		Sources
		Finnish Ships at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
		Sailor Masculinity on Board
			Skills, Strength, and Sisu
			Domestic Tasks and Routines
			Sail Versus Steam
			Emphasising Freedom
		Sailor Masculinity Ashore
			Differing Attitudes
			Bachelor Sailors?
		Conclusion
	Row, Row, Row Your Boat: How the Marine Corps Engendered Landing Parties, 1898–1918
		Existential Crises and Public Relations Solutions
		The Rowboat in Rhetoric: The Corps’ Changing Depictions of Landing Parties
		Marines and Sailors in the Veracruz Incident
		Internalising and Intensifying Identity: How Marines Evaluated Their Performance in Contrast to the Navy
		The Publicity Bureau Gets to Work: Capitalising on the Veracruz Incident
		Different Men at Work: How the Navy and the Marine Corps Depicted Their Men in Recruiting Posters
		Conclusion
Part III: Patriotism, Citizenship, and Respectability
	Navalism and Masculinity Before the First World War
		Introduction
		Emergence and Development of the Navy League
		Imperial Maritime League
		The Navy League and Youth
		British Seamen for British Ships
		Conclusion
	‘Sailors’ Homes’: Sailors’ Boarding Houses, Maritime Reform, and Contested Domestic Space in New York’s Sailortown
		Introduction
		Sailors’ Boarding Houses: The Epicentres of Sailortown
		The Board of Commissioners for Licensing Sailors’ Hotels and Boarding Houses
		25 South Street
		Conclusion
	Saving H.M.S. Victory: Admiral Nelson, Anti-socialism, and Heroic Masculinity
		Hero-Worship and Imperialist Education
		The Anglo-Saxons and Admiral Nelson
		Modest Heroism and Collective Duty
		Conclusion
Part IV: Nascent and Fragile Masculinities
	Nelson Was No Milksop: Overcoming Frailty on Film in 1918
		Introduction
		Our Duties as Citizens
		The Boy Nelson
		The Handsome Romantic Lead
		The Scarred Sailor
		There Will Never Be Another Hero Like Nelson
		Educating and Entertaining
		Jack Will Welcome Nelson
	Epilogue: Manhood Found and Lost at Sea: The Loss of the Eurydice
Index