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1 online resource (xxx, 347 pages, 24 pages of plates). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Britain and the world
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Britain and the world.
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| Summary |
When at last peace descended with the end of the Napoleonic War and the War of 1812, British statesmen sought to enhance their new-won world order. They had to seek security under financial restraint. They pared back the Navy. The put their faith in bases as 'anchors of empire' on every ocean and annex. Profit and power were twin pillars of state thinking, to which were added freedom of navigation, the end of the slave trade, the crusade against piracy and above all slavery. In addition, the Navy took up surveying the waters of the world, as an inducement to safe navigation and prosperous trade. 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. How they made accommodations with Japan in order to secure their interests against Imperial Russia, a new Pacific power. How they faced the insurmountable threat of Imperial Germany on the Continent of Europe. And how, apart from the Foreign Office and the Admiralty, the British state was largely unprepared for the war that came in 1914, and the crisis of 1914, which marks the end of "Pax Britannica". The long recessional followed, with the United States forming the new naval power of the twentieth century. From the British to the American naval ascendancy the fate of the world turned |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Defining pax Britannica -- Empire of the seas -- Anchors of empire -- Surveying the seas, expanding the empire of science -- Informal and formal empires in the Americas -- Challenges of Europe, the mediterranean, and the Black Sea -- Indian Ocean, Singapore and the China seas -- Imperial web in the South Pacific -- Send a gunboat! -- Anti-slaver: West Africa and the Americas -- Treaty making and Dhow Chasing in the Indian Ocean -- Darkening horizons -- The lion and the eagle -- Trident bearers: the navy as Britannia's instrument -- Recessional: end of pax Britannica and the American inheritance. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History.
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Great Britain. Royal Navy. |
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History. |
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Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Great Britain. |
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19th century |
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Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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20th century |
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Civilization, Modern -- British influences.
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Civilization, Modern -- British influences. |
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Peace -- History -- 19th century.
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Peace. |
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Peace -- History -- 20th century.
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Maritime history -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- c 1900 -- c 1914 -- British Empire. |
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Colonialism & imperialism -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- c 1900 -- c 1914 -- British Empire. |
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British & Irish history -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- c 1900 -- c 1914 -- British Empire. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Marine & Naval. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. |
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History. |
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1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gough, Barry M. Pax Britannica 9780230354302 (DLC) 2014019988 (OCoLC)872408643 |
| ISBN |
9781137313157 (electronic book) |
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1137313153 (electronic book) |
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