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Steam Power and Sea Power

Coal, the Royal Navy, and the British Empire, c. 1870-1914 de

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Palgrave Macmillan


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Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies

Paru le : 2017-09-25

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This book examines how the expansion of a steam-powered Royal Navy from the second half of the nineteenth century had wider ramifications across the British Empire. In particular, it considers how steam propulsion made vessels utterly dependent on a particular resource – coal – and its distribution around the world. In doing so, it shows that the ‘coal question’ was central to imperial defence and the protection of trade, requiring the creation of infrastructures that spanned the globe. This infrastructure required careful management, and the processes involved show the development of bureaucracy and the reliance on the ‘contractor state’ to ensure this was both robust and able to allow swift mobilisation in war. The requirement to stop regularly at foreign stations also brought men of the Royal navy into contact with local coal heavers, as well as indigenous populations and landscapes. These encounters and their dissemination are crucial to our understanding of imperial relationshipsand imaginations at the height of the imperial age. 
Pages
289 pages
Collection
Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
Parution
2017-09-25
Marque
Palgrave Macmillan
EAN papier
9781137576415
EAN PDF
9781137576422
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
2
Nombre pages imprimables
28
Taille du fichier
5540 Ko
Prix
137,14 €
EAN EPUB
9781137576422
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
2
Nombre pages imprimables
28
Taille du fichier
4577 Ko
Prix
137,14 €

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