| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 356 pages) : maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Warfare and history
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Warfare and history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-347) and index. |
| Contents |
The age of sail and naval history -- The changing maritime world -- The battlefleet and the idea of seapower in the early modern world -- The establishment of the battlefleet, 1650-88 -- The growth of operational flexibility -- The Nine Years War (1688-97) and the War of Spanish Succession (1701-13) -- Seapower on the world stage, 1713-56 -- The Seven Years War and global seapower, 1756-63 -- The acceleration of naval competition, 1763-89 -- Seapower and global hegemony, 1789-1830 -- Seapower, battlefleets and naval warfare. |
| Summary |
From the author of "Amphibious Warfare in the Eighteenth Century" and "The Evolution of the Sailing Navy, 1509-1815", this book serves as a single-volume survey of war at sea and the expansion of naval power in the 18th century. The book is intended for undergraduate courses on 18th century European history, and for amateur and professional military historians, and for navy colleges, and navy and ex-navy professionals. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Naval art and science -- Europe -- History.
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Naval art and science. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
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Battleships -- Europe -- History.
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Battleships. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harding, Richard, 1953- Seapower and naval warfare, 1650-1830. London : UCL Press, 1999 185728478X (OCoLC)40798453 |
| ISBN |
0203029496 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780203029497 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9781135364861 (electronic book) |
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1135364869 (electronic book) |
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020317349X |
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9780203173497 |
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1280435577 |
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9781280435577 |
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1857284771 (cased) |
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185728478X (paperback) |
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9781857284775 |
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9781857284782 |
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