LEADER 00000cam 2200745Ma 4500 001 ocn829062362 003 OCoLC 005 20190628081159.2 006 m o d 007 cr |n||||||||a 008 130109s2013 enk ob 001 0 eng d 020 9781782041016|q(electronic bk.) 020 178204101X|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)829062362 040 NhCcYBP|beng|epn|cN15|dOCLCO|dN$T|dJSTOR|dNLGGC|dCOO |dCAMBR|dYDXCP|dOCLCQ|dCUS|dIOG|dU3W|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dUUM |dOCLCF|dYDX|dTXC|dINT|dOCLCQ|dLVT|dOL$|dOCLCQ 049 MAIN 050 4 DA87|b.B8313 2013 082 04 941.072 100 1 Buchet, Christian, 240 10 Marine, économie et société.|lEnglish 245 14 The British navy, economy and society in the Seven Years War /|cChristian Buchet ; translated by Anita Higgie and Michael Duffy. 250 English ed. 260 Woodbridge :|bBoydell Press,|c2013. 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 data file|2rda 505 0 Frontcover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: The General Organisation of Victualling the British Navy; 1. From an Empirically-Based Organisation to a Centrally Planned System: The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Victualling Board; The Experimental Period (1546-1715); The Period of Development (1715-56); 2. The Victualling Board and the Seven Years War; Victualling Methods; Tight State Control; Financial Practices; 3. Food Rations and Their Evolution; Quantitatively Sufficient and Qualitatively Sound Food Rations; Innovations or Food Revolution? 505 8 Victualling and Strategy: The Example of the 'Western Squadron'Part Two: The Bases; 4. The Victualling Board's Principal Bases; The Development of an Infrastructure of Port Facilities; The Respective Importance of the Victualling Board Bases in Victualling the Royal Navy; 5. An Example of a Victualling Yard under the Jurisdiction of the Victualling Board: Plymouth, Satellite of British Logistical Power; Plymouth Personnel and Victualling; Resources and Management of Victualling at Plymouth; 6. Victualling in the Secondary Home Ports and in the Overseas Stations. 505 8 How This Victualling Was Carried OutSales and Marketing Networks; John Biggin: Merchant on a Worldwide Scale; 7. An Example of Stations Managed by a Private Contractor in the Service of the Crown: The Caribbean Staging-Posts; The Establishment of a System of Victualling in the West Indies under the Jurisdiction of the Victualling Board (1689-1715); Empirically Driven Improvements (1715-48); The Age of the Contractor (1756-63); Part Three: The Main Markets; 8. Meat; Everyday Functioning and Costs: The Difficulties; The Contractors; 9. Cereals and Pulses. 505 8 The Evolution of Different Segments of the Market in Terms of Prices and QuantitiesThe Body of Contractors and What It Reveals; 10. The Remaining Sectors: Beverages, Butter and Cheese, Salt, Olive Oil and Raisins; Supplying the Navy with Beverages; Annual Contracts for Butter, Cheese and Salt; The Olive Oil and Raisins Market; Conclusion; Appendices; 1. Ordinary Charge of the Victualling Board in 1747; 2. Commissioners of the Victualling Board, 1755-63; 3. The Structure of British Naval Administration; 4. Itemised Distribution of Victualling Board Expenses, 1756- 9, 1762-3. 505 8 5. List of Victuals on the Southsea Castle Leaving for the East Indies at the End of 1759 with a Crew of 130 Men6. Process to Be Used in Curing Beef and Pork; 7. Wage Totals, According to Activity, Paid to Victualling Personnel in the London Yard in the First Quarter of 1761; 8. Supervisory Staff of the Victualling Board, 1761; Sources and Bibliography; Index; Backcover. 506 1 Unlimited number of concurrent users.|5UkHlHU 610 10 Great Britain.|bRoyal Navy 650 0 Operational rations (Military supplies)|zGreat Britain |xHistory|y18th century. 650 0 Seven Years' War, 1756-1763|xNaval operations, British. 650 0 Seven Years' War, 1756-1763|xFood supply|zGreat Britain. 650 0 Seven Years' War, 1756-1763|xEconomic aspects|zGreat Britain. 856 40 |uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt24hfwq 921 . 936 JSTOREBA2018/19