Social Reform in the United States Navy, 1798-1862.
Harold D. Langley has served as an archivist at the University of Pennsylvania Library and Library of Congress, then later as a diplomatic historian for the U.S. Department of State. After he received his Ph. D. degree from University of Pennsylvania, he became a history professor at The Catholic Un...
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New York :
Naval Institute Press,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Part One: THE NAVY AND THE NATION; 1. The Formative Years, 1798-1815; 2. The Years of Decline and Reform, 1815-62; Part Two: RELIGION AND THE REFORMERS; 3. Uplifting the Sailor ; Part Three: THE MANPOWER PROBLEM ; 4. Abuses in Enlistment and Discharges ; 5. Toward a Career Enlisted Service ; Part Four: THE QUEST FOR HUMAN DISCIPLINE ; 6. The Use and Abuse of Corporal Punishment ; 7. The End of Flogging ; Part Five: THE ALCOHOL PROBLEM ; 8. The Temperance Crusade in the Navy ; 9. The End of Grog ; Part Six: EPILOGUE ; 10. Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index.
