John McAleer

The Royal Navy and the British Atlantic World, c. 1750-1820

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This book foregrounds the role of the Royal Navy in creating the British Atlantic in the eighteenth century. It outlines the closely entwined connections between the nurturing of naval supremacy, the politics of commercial protection, and the development of national and imperial identities - crucial factors in the consolidation and transformation of the British Atlantic empire. The collection brings together scholars working on aspects of the Royal Navy and the British Atlantic in order to gain a better understanding of the ways that the Navy protected, facilitated, and shaped the British-Atlantic empire in the era of war, revolution, counter… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: McAleer, John (Hrsg.) / Petley, Christer (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-137-50765-5
EAN: 9781137507655
Produktnummer: 19976972
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 223 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 3'566 KB
Auflage: 1st ed. 2016
Abbildungen: 3 schwarz-weiße und 6 farbige Abbildungen, Bibliographie

Über den Autor

John McAleer is a historian of the British Empire. His work focuses on the British encounter and engagement with the wider world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, situating the history of empire in its global and maritime contexts.Christer Petley is a historian with interests in Atlantic history, British imperial history, and Caribbean studies. His work focuses on the histories and legacies of slavery in the Americas, mainly on slave societies in the British Caribbean.