Ratings for the Mercantile Marine: The Roles of Charity, the State and Industry in the Pre-Service Education and Training of Ratings for the British Merchant Navy, 1879-1939.

Considers the development of education and training arrangements of ratings in merchant ships. Explores the changing shipping industry and its manning, the training ship movement, the agitation concerning trained seafarers and developments prior to 1917, and the creation of the shipping industry's own ratings training system and its place in postwar provision. (CMK)