Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: War and the Contractor State
- 2 The Victualling Board and its Contractors
- 3 The Global Strategic Task
- 4 The Market for Provisions at Home and Abroad
- 5 Supply Contracts: ‘Men of Confined Property’ and the ‘Flower of the City’
- 6 Commission Agents: ‘Persons of Reputation, Integrity and Extensive Commercial Connexions’
- 7 Sea Provisions Contracts: Extending the Imperial Reach
- 8 Basil Cochrane and the Victualling of the Fleet in the East Indies, 1792–1806
- 9 Zephaniah Job: Merchant, Smuggler, Banker and Contractor
- 10 Samuel Paget and the Sea Provisions Contract at Great Yarmouth, 1796–1802
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
- Appendix 5
- Appendix 6
- Bibliography
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 March 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: War and the Contractor State
- 2 The Victualling Board and its Contractors
- 3 The Global Strategic Task
- 4 The Market for Provisions at Home and Abroad
- 5 Supply Contracts: ‘Men of Confined Property’ and the ‘Flower of the City’
- 6 Commission Agents: ‘Persons of Reputation, Integrity and Extensive Commercial Connexions’
- 7 Sea Provisions Contracts: Extending the Imperial Reach
- 8 Basil Cochrane and the Victualling of the Fleet in the East Indies, 1792–1806
- 9 Zephaniah Job: Merchant, Smuggler, Banker and Contractor
- 10 Samuel Paget and the Sea Provisions Contract at Great Yarmouth, 1796–1802
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
- Appendix 5
- Appendix 6
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Sustaining the Fleet, 1793-1815War, the British Navy and the Contractor State, pp. i - ivPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2010