Empire, The Sea and Global History
Subtitle: Britain's Maritime World, 1763-1833
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: September 18, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780230008991
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Maritime History; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - General History; History - Military / War; Military; British Isles; Europe - Great Britain - General; World - Colonial Studies; History / Military / Naval; Military - Naval; Great Britain; Great Britain.; History, Naval; Royal Navy
Description: Between the end of the Seven Years war in 1763, and the abolition of slavery within its Empire in 1833, Britain's maritime engagement with the wider world was transformed. The essays in this book explore different aspects of that transformation, and in so doing assess the significance and complexities of Britain's maritime world in this key period, which was characterized by the contradictory and competing forces of revolution and reaction, 'liberty' and imperialism, war and peace, enlightenment and enslavement. They were originally delivered as lectures in a series jointly sponsored by the Institute of Historical Research and by the Centre for Imperial and Maritime Studies at the National Maritime Museum.