This thesis examines the impact of disease and mortality on the Royal Navy in the West Indies from 1770 to 1806. It also investigates the navy’s medical branch which was established to manage the care of sick seamen. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this thesis produces a cohesive understanding of how disease and mortality affected the navy’s presence in the West Indies and the ways in which the navy attempted to mitigate their impact. This thesis explores various aspects of naval medicine including the history of the Sick and Hurt Board, the diseases which distressed seamen, the medicines distributed by the navy, the key personnel who were integral in generating changes to the medical system and the development of hospital facilities. Largely based on Admiralty records including correspondence and minutes from the Sick and Hurt Board, ships’ muster books and surgeons’ journals, this thesis investigates the most prevalent diseases in the West Indies and the prescribed treatments advocated by the navy. It then examines how these diseases and treatments affected seamen on board ships in that region through a quantitative analysis; then focuses on a number of the integral naval personnel who ushered in sweeping changes to naval medicine; and explores the navy’s increasing desire to transition from hired sick quarters to purpose-built naval hospitals on various West Indies islands. It concludes with a case study of the development of Antigua naval hospital which demonstrates the effectiveness of these facilities in convalescing sick seamen. Through a quantitative analysis of ships’ muster books, this thesis argues that the levels of sickness and mortality in the navy in the West Indies during the late eighteenth century are largely exaggerated in historical studies while also discrediting the myth that those islands were the ‘white man’s graveyard’ for many naval personnel. By surveying over 100,000 seamen on board ships in that region, sickness and mortality figures emerge which indicate that, on average, less than 4 per cent of seamen were on the sick list at any given time and only a small percentage died, meaning that the majority remained on active duty. This thesis then argues that many of the changes to the navy’s medical system that facilitated such low percentages were primarily instigated by surgeons, physicians and captains who identified beneficial medicines and championed their general distribution among the entire fleet. By looking at these aspects of naval medicine through a multidisciplinary lens rather than a purely administrative one, it is possible to understand the true state of health of British seamen in the West Indies during the last quarter of the eighteenth century.

MESQUITA, Simone Vieira de. Ensino militar naval: Escola de Aprendizes Marinheiros do Ceará (1864-1889). 2016. 301f. Tese (Doutorado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza (CE), 2016. / Submitted by Gustavo Daher (gdaherufc@hotmail.com) on 2017-01-04T11:55:09Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE SIMONE VIEIRA DE MESQUITA.pdf: 4801334 bytes, checksum: cbc5def25fd1e4f00f5617e14e31018d (MD5) / Rejected by Maria Josineide Góis (josineide@ufc.br), reason: xx on 2017-01-06T11:58:55Z (GMT) / Submitted by Gustavo Daher (gdaherufc@hotmail.com) on 2017-01-06T13:26:13Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_tese_svmesquita.pdf: 4801334 bytes, checksum: cbc5def25fd1e4f00f5617e14e31018d (MD5) / Rejected by Maria Josineide Góis (josineide@ufc.br), reason: on 2017-01-06T16:18:22Z (GMT) / Submitted by Gustavo Daher (gdaherufc@hotmail.com) on 2017-01-06T16:29:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_tese_svmesquita.pdf: 4801334 bytes, checksum: cbc5def25fd1e4f00f5617e14e31018d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-01-25T13:44:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_tese_svmesquita.pdf: 4801334 bytes, checksum: cbc5def25fd1e4f00f5617e14e31018d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-25T13:44:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_tese_svmesquita.pdf: 4801334 bytes, checksum: cbc5def25fd1e4f00f5617e14e31018d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / Esta pesquisa visa conhecer a História do Ensino Militar Naval no Ceará, com ênfase na criação da Escola de Aprendizes Marinheiros do Ceará, entre 1864 a 1889 e sua contribuição para a sociedade cearense. Nosso campo de análise a inseriu dentro do campo das Instituições Escolares, especificamente, a partir discussão da história do ensino militar, articulando-a com os campos da história da social, da infância, dos métodos de ensino, dentre outros. Para conduzir essa pesquisa, utilizamos como referencial bibliográfico autores como Fernando Azevedo, Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, Primitivo Moacyr, Prado Maia, dentre vários, para sedimentar as reflexões sobre esse tema. Como metodologia, utilizamos estudos documentais junto à própria Escola de Aprendizes Marinheiro do Ceará e diversas instituições como: Biblioteca Pública Governador Menezes Pimentel, Arquivo Público do Estado do Ceará, Biblioteca Nacional, Arquivo Nacional, assim como, pesquisamos nos estabelecimentos navais como: Biblioteca, Arquivo e Museu da Marinha. Como procedimentos, fizemos o cruzamento das leis da educação brasileira, dos documentos institucionais, de revistas militares navais, assim como de reportagens junto aos jornais do período. De acordo com essa pesquisa descobrimos que as Companhias de Aprendizes Marinheiros surgiram no Brasil a partir de 1840 como projeto de formação profissional, tendo como público alvo menores, órfãos e desvalidos, sob a guarda das autoridades locais - Presidentes das Províncias, Juízes de Órfãos e Delegados de Polícia. Entre os anos de 1840 e 1885, foram instaladas companhias de aprendizes marinheiros em diversas províncias brasileiras. As companhias de aprendizes marinheiros, portanto, se constituíram em estabelecimentos profissional e educacional, um quartel-escola. Concluímos que a Companhia de Aprendizes Marinheiro do Ceará, na medida em que foi se estruturando para formação profissional, moral e religiosa, e intelectual dos aprendizes, promoveu a formação para o trabalho atendo principalmente os anseios do Estado, da Instituição e da sociedade que buscavam a formação do novo homem-cidadão. De fato a pesquisa nos mostrou que a EAMCE atuou como instrumento do Estado no sentido de controle da camada popular, dando a essa ação cores próprias dentro de um processo de militarização que se efetivou durante o Segundo Reinado.

L'image du port mal famé est un thème reconnu dans la culture contemporaine. Elle se construit autour des bouges des quais, des marins en bordée et des prostituées. Ils déterminent la représentation des bas-fonds portuaires, continuité des lieux de misère, du vice et du crime. Espaces spécifiques des villes, leur image est construite par la littérature et la presse, au milieu du XIXe siècle. L'héritage de vision négative des ports, les récits de flibuste, la défiance envers les marins construisent leur représentation. Les bas-fonds de l'Ouest de la France s'inscrivent dans un univers plus large : celui des marins déviants, des quartiers mal famés des villes mais aussi d'une province arriérée et dangereuse. Dans le premier XIXe siècle, les mauvais lieux du rivage en cumulent les caractéristiques. Dans les années 1880, le port, révélé par la bordée, focalise l'attention des romanciers. En parallèle, la misère et l'insécurité constituent des thèmes privilégiés pour la presse, les observateurs sociaux et les autorités. Les figures de l'homme de mer, des prostituées, des soldats, des miséreux et des criminels jouent un rôle central de fascination et de condamnation. Cet univers revendique ses codes. La disparition des bas-fonds est annoncée dès l'entre-deux-guerres. L'effacement des mystères de la mer laisse place à la nostalgie des observateurs de la vie maritime. Leur mémoire perdure alors après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. / The image of ill-reputed harbour is a common pattern in modern culture. It's built on harbour's slum, sailor's bender, prostitutes and docks, that define the representation of this area. This image echoes other places of misery, vice and crimes. The representation of those harbour's slums, that occupy specific neighborhoods in cities, are created by writers and journalists in mid-19th century. This image is also the legacy of negative vision of port, of buccaneering's stories and sailor's distrust. The harbour's slum is part of a broader universe : sailors with deviant behaviour, ill-reputed neighborhood, backward and dangerous province. During the first part of the 19th century, some places of the coastline have rough reputation but in the 1880's, the novelists, who discover sailor's bender, focus on ports. At the same time, journalists, social commentators and authorities focus on misery and insecurity. Seafarers, who claim his belongings to the slums, prostitutes, soldiers, the poor and criminals play a central role in the fascination and the condemnation of the harbour's slum. During the inter war period, the harbour's slum is seen as dying out. As the mystery vanishes, the nostalgia begins, that lasts after World War II.

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This thesis studies the development of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), during the period 1911 to 1952 from the perspective of the men of the lower deck, the RAN ratings. The early RAN was modelled very closely on the Royal Navy (RN), but the expectations of its managers and administrators, imbued as they were with the culture and tradition of the RN, were not easily compatible with the character of the Australians who became the RAN???s ratings. The class distinction which functioned in the RN, when applied to the more egalitarian Australians caused ill-feeling and led to the breakdown of discipline. The Australian Commonwealth Naval Board strongly resisted attempts by the Australian Government and the Australian people to regulate its affairs, a situation which seriously disadvantaged the RAN ratings and their families. In the wider context a continuing refusal by both the British Admiralty and the senior officers of the RAN to allow the development of a truly national navy led to significant manpower problems. This both inhibited the establishment of a navy for Australia and denied that navy full use of the unique attributes of the Australian rating.

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This thesis studies the development of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), during the period 1911 to 1952 from the perspective of the men of the lower deck, the RAN ratings. The early RAN was modelled very closely on the Royal Navy (RN), but the expectations of its managers and administrators, imbued as they were with the culture and tradition of the RN, were not easily compatible with the character of the Australians who became the RAN???s ratings. The class distinction which functioned in the RN, when applied to the more egalitarian Australians caused ill-feeling and led to the breakdown of discipline. The Australian Commonwealth Naval Board strongly resisted attempts by the Australian Government and the Australian people to regulate its affairs, a situation which seriously disadvantaged the RAN ratings and their families. In the wider context a continuing refusal by both the British Admiralty and the senior officers of the RAN to allow the development of a truly national navy led to significant manpower problems. This both inhibited the establishment of a navy for Australia and denied that navy full use of the unique attributes of the Australian rating.

Nesta tese propomos desenvolver uma história social das vivências de marinheiros a partir da cidade portuária de Rio Grande (Rio Grande do Sul/Brasil) entre os anos de 1835 e 1864, considerando tanto o universo dos trabalhadores da Armada Imperial brasileira (a marinha de guerra) como o da marinha mercante, o que englobava marujos livres e escravizados, nacionais e estrangeiros. Quanto à delimitação espacial privilegiaremos, juntamente com o espaço social do navio, a análise da região portuária de Rio Grande, a qual se destacava quanto à vivência de situações de sociabilidade e trabalho para o universo social em questão. Os marinheiros conformavam um grupo marcado por um forte estigma que os atribuía a fama de transgressores, desordeiros, indisciplinados, insubordinados, ébrios, brigões, etc. Buscaremos problematizar justamente esta fama nefasta atribuída aos homens do mar, refletindo sobre os seus termos e significados para os diferentes agentes envolvidos (Estado, senhores de escravos, comandos navais e marujos). Acreditamos que determinadas práticas e posturas marujas devem ser entendidas para além dessas adjetivações pejorativas, uma vez que poderiam estar relacionadas a leituras políticas próprias quanto às relações de trabalho embarcadas e ao lugar a eles reservado nos projetos de consolidação do estado imperial brasileiro. Mais do que simples rixa ou desordem, tais atitudes podiam ser o resultado da luta maruja por resguardar determinados modos de vida e ritmos de trabalho desejados, se inserindo assim em uma arena de contestações e conflitos que guardava relação direta com noções advindas de uma cultura política marítima atlântica. Na medida em que Rio Grande se articulava intensamente com diversas regiões do mundo, mediante a sua sólida inserção em circuitos náuticos regionais, nacionais e internacionais, atentaremos ainda para o papel dos vínculos atlânticos por sobre a conformação da cultura política dos homens do mar. / This thesis aims to develop a social history of the sailors experiences from the port city of Rio Grande (Rio Grande do Sul State/Brazil) between 1835 and 1864, considering both the universe of the Brazilian Imperial Army workers (the war navy) as of the merchant navy workers, which included free and enslaved sailors, Brazilians or foreign ones. Regarding to the spatial delimitation we prioritize the analysis of both the Rio Grande port region, which stood out on experiences of sociability and labor situations considering that social universe, and the social space of the ship. The sailors formed a group marked by a strong stigma attached to the fame of wrongdoers, unruly, undisciplined, insubordinate, drunken, quarrelsome, etc. We aim to problematize this nefarious reputation attributed to the men of the sea, reflecting on their terms and meanings for different actors involved (State, slaveholders, naval commandos and sailors). We believe that certain sailor‟s practices and attitudes should be understood beyond these pejorative adjectives since they could be related to some proper political reading regarding labor relations on the ship and the role assigned to them in the projects of the consolidation of the Brazilian imperial state. More than just fray or disorder such attitudes could be the result of the sailors struggle to safeguard certain lifestyles and working patterns desired, thus involved into an arena of contestation and conflict which had a direct relation with notions derived from an Atlantic sea political culture. As Rio Grande was heavily connected with various regions of the world through its solid insertion in regional, national and international nautical circuits, we also analyses the role of the Atlantic bonds over the conformation of the political culture of the men of the sea.

Nesta tese propomos desenvolver uma história social das vivências de marinheiros a partir da cidade portuária de Rio Grande (Rio Grande do Sul/Brasil) entre os anos de 1835 e 1864, considerando tanto o universo dos trabalhadores da Armada Imperial brasileira (a marinha de guerra) como o da marinha mercante, o que englobava marujos livres e escravizados, nacionais e estrangeiros. Quanto à delimitação espacial privilegiaremos, juntamente com o espaço social do navio, a análise da região portuária de Rio Grande, a qual se destacava quanto à vivência de situações de sociabilidade e trabalho para o universo social em questão. Os marinheiros conformavam um grupo marcado por um forte estigma que os atribuía a fama de transgressores, desordeiros, indisciplinados, insubordinados, ébrios, brigões, etc. Buscaremos problematizar justamente esta fama nefasta atribuída aos homens do mar, refletindo sobre os seus termos e significados para os diferentes agentes envolvidos (Estado, senhores de escravos, comandos navais e marujos). Acreditamos que determinadas práticas e posturas marujas devem ser entendidas para além dessas adjetivações pejorativas, uma vez que poderiam estar relacionadas a leituras políticas próprias quanto às relações de trabalho embarcadas e ao lugar a eles reservado nos projetos de consolidação do estado imperial brasileiro. Mais do que simples rixa ou desordem, tais atitudes podiam ser o resultado da luta maruja por resguardar determinados modos de vida e ritmos de trabalho desejados, se inserindo assim em uma arena de contestações e conflitos que guardava relação direta com noções advindas de uma cultura política marítima atlântica. Na medida em que Rio Grande se articulava intensamente com diversas regiões do mundo, mediante a sua sólida inserção em circuitos náuticos regionais, nacionais e internacionais, atentaremos ainda para o papel dos vínculos atlânticos por sobre a conformação da cultura política dos homens do mar. / This thesis aims to develop a social history of the sailors experiences from the port city of Rio Grande (Rio Grande do Sul State/Brazil) between 1835 and 1864, considering both the universe of the Brazilian Imperial Army workers (the war navy) as of the merchant navy workers, which included free and enslaved sailors, Brazilians or foreign ones. Regarding to the spatial delimitation we prioritize the analysis of both the Rio Grande port region, which stood out on experiences of sociability and labor situations considering that social universe, and the social space of the ship. The sailors formed a group marked by a strong stigma attached to the fame of wrongdoers, unruly, undisciplined, insubordinate, drunken, quarrelsome, etc. We aim to problematize this nefarious reputation attributed to the men of the sea, reflecting on their terms and meanings for different actors involved (State, slaveholders, naval commandos and sailors). We believe that certain sailor‟s practices and attitudes should be understood beyond these pejorative adjectives since they could be related to some proper political reading regarding labor relations on the ship and the role assigned to them in the projects of the consolidation of the Brazilian imperial state. More than just fray or disorder such attitudes could be the result of the sailors struggle to safeguard certain lifestyles and working patterns desired, thus involved into an arena of contestation and conflict which had a direct relation with notions derived from an Atlantic sea political culture. As Rio Grande was heavily connected with various regions of the world through its solid insertion in regional, national and international nautical circuits, we also analyses the role of the Atlantic bonds over the conformation of the political culture of the men of the sea.

Nesta tese propomos desenvolver uma história social das vivências de marinheiros a partir da cidade portuária de Rio Grande (Rio Grande do Sul/Brasil) entre os anos de 1835 e 1864, considerando tanto o universo dos trabalhadores da Armada Imperial brasileira (a marinha de guerra) como o da marinha mercante, o que englobava marujos livres e escravizados, nacionais e estrangeiros. Quanto à delimitação espacial privilegiaremos, juntamente com o espaço social do navio, a análise da região portuária de Rio Grande, a qual se destacava quanto à vivência de situações de sociabilidade e trabalho para o universo social em questão. Os marinheiros conformavam um grupo marcado por um forte estigma que os atribuía a fama de transgressores, desordeiros, indisciplinados, insubordinados, ébrios, brigões, etc. Buscaremos problematizar justamente esta fama nefasta atribuída aos homens do mar, refletindo sobre os seus termos e significados para os diferentes agentes envolvidos (Estado, senhores de escravos, comandos navais e marujos). Acreditamos que determinadas práticas e posturas marujas devem ser entendidas para além dessas adjetivações pejorativas, uma vez que poderiam estar relacionadas a leituras políticas próprias quanto às relações de trabalho embarcadas e ao lugar a eles reservado nos projetos de consolidação do estado imperial brasileiro. Mais do que simples rixa ou desordem, tais atitudes podiam ser o resultado da luta maruja por resguardar determinados modos de vida e ritmos de trabalho desejados, se inserindo assim em uma arena de contestações e conflitos que guardava relação direta com noções advindas de uma cultura política marítima atlântica. Na medida em que Rio Grande se articulava intensamente com diversas regiões do mundo, mediante a sua sólida inserção em circuitos náuticos regionais, nacionais e internacionais, atentaremos ainda para o papel dos vínculos atlânticos por sobre a conformação da cultura política dos homens do mar. / This thesis aims to develop a social history of the sailors experiences from the port city of Rio Grande (Rio Grande do Sul State/Brazil) between 1835 and 1864, considering both the universe of the Brazilian Imperial Army workers (the war navy) as of the merchant navy workers, which included free and enslaved sailors, Brazilians or foreign ones. Regarding to the spatial delimitation we prioritize the analysis of both the Rio Grande port region, which stood out on experiences of sociability and labor situations considering that social universe, and the social space of the ship. The sailors formed a group marked by a strong stigma attached to the fame of wrongdoers, unruly, undisciplined, insubordinate, drunken, quarrelsome, etc. We aim to problematize this nefarious reputation attributed to the men of the sea, reflecting on their terms and meanings for different actors involved (State, slaveholders, naval commandos and sailors). We believe that certain sailor‟s practices and attitudes should be understood beyond these pejorative adjectives since they could be related to some proper political reading regarding labor relations on the ship and the role assigned to them in the projects of the consolidation of the Brazilian imperial state. More than just fray or disorder such attitudes could be the result of the sailors struggle to safeguard certain lifestyles and working patterns desired, thus involved into an arena of contestation and conflict which had a direct relation with notions derived from an Atlantic sea political culture. As Rio Grande was heavily connected with various regions of the world through its solid insertion in regional, national and international nautical circuits, we also analyses the role of the Atlantic bonds over the conformation of the political culture of the men of the sea.