A detailed exploration of naval identity, periodfashion and masculinity.This fully updated and expanded second edition ofthe 2007 publication provides a detailed analysis ofnaval uniform and its historical, social and economiccontexts. An extensive catalogue of uniforms fromthe collection of the National Maritime Museumis accompanied by a selection of patterns whichexamine the construction of the garments, as wellas personal papers, diaries, fiction and other periodartefacts. Amy Miller demonstrates the significance ofmale fashion and uniform in the forging of a national,hierarchical and gendered identity in the 18th and19th centuries.This new edition contains additional research thatprovides a greater understanding of the politicaland social changes that impacted not only what theRoyal Navy wore, but why they wore it. Parliamentaryrecords, newspapers and museum archives give agreater contextualisation of the relationship that navaluniform represented – that of a confluence of politicsand economics, fashion and popular culture.
