MA
Thesis
Title: “A true British spirit”: Vice-Admiral Vernon, Porto
Bello and British National Identity, 1730-1745. (title pending)
Fields
of Expertise: 18th century Britain, naval history, national identity
Thesis Description: My thesis focuses on the extraordinary popularity of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon after his capture of Porto Bello in 1739, applying new approaches to this understudied period. In Chapter 1, I explore how supporters of the parliamentary opposition used Vernon’s popularity to argue for ministerial change during the declining years of the Walpole Ministry (1721-1742). In Chapter 2, I consider Vernon’s enduring popularity during the 1740s, arguing that the admiral's popularity survived his failed Cartagena campaign (1740-1) because he reflected prevailing ideas about “publick spirit” in a mercantile age and expressed authentic and aggressive masculinity in a “national” context.
Publications:
“Captain Vancouver and the Coast Salish: Contact History as Naval History in the Pacific Northwest, 1792,” in Interpretations in Naval History: Selected Papers from the Eighteenth McMullen Naval History Symposium Held at the United States Naval Academy, 19–20 September 2013,Naval War College Press, publication forthcoming 2014/2015.
Conferences Presentations:
“Captain Vancouver and the Coast Salish: Contact History as Naval History in the Pacific Northwest, 1792,” McMullen Naval History Symposium, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, M.D., USA. 20 September 2013.
Email: map120@mail.usask.ca
Thesis Description: My thesis focuses on the extraordinary popularity of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon after his capture of Porto Bello in 1739, applying new approaches to this understudied period. In Chapter 1, I explore how supporters of the parliamentary opposition used Vernon’s popularity to argue for ministerial change during the declining years of the Walpole Ministry (1721-1742). In Chapter 2, I consider Vernon’s enduring popularity during the 1740s, arguing that the admiral's popularity survived his failed Cartagena campaign (1740-1) because he reflected prevailing ideas about “publick spirit” in a mercantile age and expressed authentic and aggressive masculinity in a “national” context.
Publications:
“Captain Vancouver and the Coast Salish: Contact History as Naval History in the Pacific Northwest, 1792,” in Interpretations in Naval History: Selected Papers from the Eighteenth McMullen Naval History Symposium Held at the United States Naval Academy, 19–20 September 2013,Naval War College Press, publication forthcoming 2014/2015.
Conferences Presentations:
“Captain Vancouver and the Coast Salish: Contact History as Naval History in the Pacific Northwest, 1792,” McMullen Naval History Symposium, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, M.D., USA. 20 September 2013.
Email: map120@mail.usask.ca
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