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This book by world-expert Barry Gough examines the period of Pax Britannica , in the century before World War I. Following events of those 100 years, the book follows how the British failed to maintain their global hegemony of sea power in the face of continental challenges.
This book by world-expert Barry Gough examines the period of Pax Britannica , in the century before World War I. Following events of those 100 years, the book follows how the British failed to maintain their global hegemony of sea power in the face of continental challenges.
Über den Autor
Barry Gough is the author of many prize-winning and critically acclaimed histories dealing with the Royal Navy and the British Empire. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Fellow of Kings College London, UK, and Archives By-Fellow Churchill College, Cambridge, UK. His most recent book is Juan de Fuca's Strait: Voyages in the Waterway of Forgotten Dreams (2012).
Zusammenfassung
A true Global History - a confident, authoritative study of a story of Empire
The author, Barry Gough, is an award winning and well-known figure in the field
Winner of the Mountbatten Literary Award, from the British Maritime Foundation
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Defining Pax Britannica 2. Empire of the Seas 3. Anchors of Empire 4. Surveying the Seas, Expanding the Empire of Science 5. Informal and Formal Empires in the Americas 6. Challenges of Europe, the Mediterrarnean, and the Black Sea 7. Indian Ocean, Singapore and the China Seas 8. Imperial Web in the South Pacific 9. Send a Gunboat! 10. Anti-Slaver: West Affrica and the Americas 11. Treaty Making and Dhow Chasing in the Indian Ocean 12. Darkening Horizons 13. The Lion and the Eagle 14. Trident Bearers: The Navy as Britannia's Instrument 15. Recessional: End of Pax Britannica and the American Inheritance
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
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Fachbereich: | Regionalgeschichte |
Genre: | Geschichte |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Reihe: | Britain and the World |
Inhalt: |
xxx
374 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9781349346349 |
ISBN-10: | 1349346349 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Gough, B. |
Auflage: | 1st ed. 2014 |
Hersteller: |
Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan UK Britain and the World |
Maße: | 235 x 155 x 22 mm |
Von/Mit: | B. Gough |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.07.2014 |
Gewicht: | 0,61 kg |
Über den Autor
Barry Gough is the author of many prize-winning and critically acclaimed histories dealing with the Royal Navy and the British Empire. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Fellow of Kings College London, UK, and Archives By-Fellow Churchill College, Cambridge, UK. His most recent book is Juan de Fuca's Strait: Voyages in the Waterway of Forgotten Dreams (2012).
Zusammenfassung
A true Global History - a confident, authoritative study of a story of Empire
The author, Barry Gough, is an award winning and well-known figure in the field
Winner of the Mountbatten Literary Award, from the British Maritime Foundation
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Defining Pax Britannica 2. Empire of the Seas 3. Anchors of Empire 4. Surveying the Seas, Expanding the Empire of Science 5. Informal and Formal Empires in the Americas 6. Challenges of Europe, the Mediterrarnean, and the Black Sea 7. Indian Ocean, Singapore and the China Seas 8. Imperial Web in the South Pacific 9. Send a Gunboat! 10. Anti-Slaver: West Affrica and the Americas 11. Treaty Making and Dhow Chasing in the Indian Ocean 12. Darkening Horizons 13. The Lion and the Eagle 14. Trident Bearers: The Navy as Britannia's Instrument 15. Recessional: End of Pax Britannica and the American Inheritance
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Regionalgeschichte |
Genre: | Geschichte |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Reihe: | Britain and the World |
Inhalt: |
xxx
374 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9781349346349 |
ISBN-10: | 1349346349 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Gough, B. |
Auflage: | 1st ed. 2014 |
Hersteller: |
Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan UK Britain and the World |
Maße: | 235 x 155 x 22 mm |
Von/Mit: | B. Gough |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.07.2014 |
Gewicht: | 0,61 kg |
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