Youth, Heroism and War Propaganda —— Britain and the Young Maritime Hero, 1745-1820

----- 青年英雄和战争宣传：英国与海事青年英雄，1745年至1820年

ISBN: 9781350002012 出版年：2015 页码：304 D A B Ronald Bloomsbury Publishing

Youth, Heroism and Naval Propaganda explores how the young maritime hero became a major new figure of war propaganda in the second half of the long eighteenth century. At that time, Britain was searching for a new national identity, and the young maritime hero and his exploits conjured images of vigour, energy, enthusiasm and courage. Adopted as centrepiece in a campaign of concerted war-propaganda leading up to the Battle of Trafalgar, the young hero came to represent much that was quintessentially British at this major turning-point in the Nation's history. By drawing on a wide range of sources, this study shows how the young hero gave maritime youth a symbolic power which it had never before had in Britain. It offers a valuable contribution to the field of British military and naval history, as well as the study of British identity, youth, heroism and propaganda.