The Victorian empire and Britain's maritime world, 1837-1901 : the sea and global history

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The Victorian empire and Britain's maritime world, 1837-1901 : the sea and global history

edited by Miles Taylor

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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"This volume is derived from a series of lectures sponsored by the National Maritime Museum and held at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR)."--Acknowledgements

Includes bibliographical references and index

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A wide-ranging new survey of the role of the sea in Britain's global presence in the 19th century. Mostly at peace, but sometimes at war, Britain grew as a maritime empire in the Victorian era. This collection looks at British sea-power as a strategic, moral and cultural force.

目次

  • Introduction
  • Miles Taylor 1. 'Now is come a darker day': Britain, Venice and the meaning of sea power
  • Andrew Lambert 2. After emancipation: slavery, freedom and the Victorian empire
  • John Oldfield 3. Cultural, intellectual and religious networks: Britain's maritime exchanges in the 19th and 20th centuries
  • John Mackenzie 4. 'We never make mistakes': the empire of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company
  • Crosbie Smith 5. Crossing the seas: problems and possibilities for Queen Victoria's
  • Indian subjects Judith Brown 6. Three weeks' post apart: British children travel the empire
  • Liz Buettner 7. Insularity and empire
  • Jan Ruger 8. The Victorian empire in its global context
  • Jeremy Black

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