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The Victorian empire and Britain's maritime world, 1837-1901 : the sea and global history
Title
The Victorian empire and Britain's maritime world, 1837-1901 : the sea and global history / edited by Miles Taylor, Director, Institute of Historical Research, London, UK.
ISBN
9780230303881 (alk. paper)
0230303889 (alk. paper)
Publication
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Physical Description
ix, 195 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
This volume is derived from a series of lectures sponsored by the National Maritime Museum and held at the Institute of Historical Research.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 02, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / Miles Taylor
"Now is come a darker day": Britain, Venice and the meaning of sea power / Andrew Lambert
After emancipation: slavery, freedom and the Victorian empire / John Oldfield
Cultural, intellectual and religious networks: Britain's maritime exchanges in the 19th and 20th centuries / John Mackenzie
"We never make mistakes": the empire of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company / Crosbie Smith
Crossing the seas: problems and possibilities for Queen Victoria's Indian subjects / Judith Brown
Three weeks' post apart: British children travel the empire / Liz Buettner
Insularity and empire / Jan Rüger
The Victorian empire in its global context / Jeremy Black.
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