White-Jacket or The World in a Man-of-War
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (819 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001Q6RVUO |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 225 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book had the same effect on me as Moby This book had the same effect on me as Moby Dick. I felt I would be able to perform any job aboard one of those frigates or whaleships. His descriptions are complete, and the detail is sufficient to create the belief in the reader that one, too, could perform any of the tasks assigned to any of the crewmen or officers.. Life Within A Total Institution S. Pactor I read this book after reading Erving Goffman's "Asylums". In that book, Goffman, a sociologist, discusses the rise of "Total Institutions", i.e. institutions that totally control the lives of those within. Melville's "White Jacket" is a book that Goffman often referred to in order to illustrate different aspects of life within the total institution.The introductory essay to this book discusses White Jacket in relationship to the growing bro-ha-ha over slavery, but I thought the book was much more interesting then that.. Blogging from atop the mainmast In this early title from the great Melville, we get an episodic account of the author's service aboard the USS United States, sister ship of "Old Ironsides." To avoid prosecution under the Articles of War, the name of the ship (called in the book the "Neversink") and his fellow crew members have been changed, but the stories retain their often startlingly candid detail. From the ritual floggings at the masthead to a critical grog shortage, Melville gives us a seaman's eye view of life of the Blogging from atop the mainmast R. Getter In this early title from the great Melville, we get an episodic account of the author's service aboard the USS United States, sister ship of "Old Ironsides." To avoid prosecution under the Articles of War, the name of the ship (called in the book the "Neversink") and his fellow crew members have been changed, but the stories retain their often startlingly candid detail. From the ritual floggings at the masthead to a critical grog shortage, Melville gives us a seaman's eye view of life of the 400-man crew of an American . 00-man crew of an American