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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Seligmann, Matthew S. (1967-....)
Titre(s) : Rum, Sodomy, Prayers, and the Lash Revisited [Texte imprimé] : Winston Churchill and Social Reform in the Royal Navy, 1900-1915 / Matthew S. Seligmann,...
Publication : Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (183 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p.[177]-178. Index
Présentation de l'éditeur: "'Naval tradition? Naval tradition? Monstrous. Nothing
but rum, sodomy, prayers and the lash.' This quotation, from Winston Churchill, is
frequently dismissed as apocryphal or a jest, but, interestingly, all four of the
areas of naval life singled out in it were ones that were subject to major reform
initiatives while Churchill was in charge of the Royal Navy between October 1911 and
May 1915. During this period, not only were there major improvements in pay and conditions
for sailors, but detailed consideration was also given to the future of the spirit
ration; to the punishing and eradicating of homosexual practices; to the spiritual
concerns of the fleet; and to the regime of corporal punishment that underpinned naval
discipline for boy sailors. In short, under Churchill, the Royal Navy introduced a
social reform programme perfectly encapsulated in this elegant quip. And, yet, not
only has no one studied it; many people do not even know that such a programme even
existed. This book rectifies that. It shows that Churchill was not just a major architect
of welfare reform as President of the Board of Trade and as Home Secretary, but that
he continued to push a radical social agenda while running the Navy."
Sujet(s) : Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
Politique sociale -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1900-1945
Histoire navale -- Grande-Bretagne -- 20e siècle
Grande-Bretagne. Royal navy -- 1900-1945
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780198759973 (relié). - ISBN 0198759975 (relié)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45662314f
Notice n° :
FRBNF45662314
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