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Parameters of British Naval Power, 1650-1850
A searching collection of investigations into British naval power in the closing centuries of the sailing ship era. The discussions focus on the later seventeenth century strategy …
British Shipbuilding and the State Since 1918
Few industries attest to the decline of Britain’s political and economic power as does the near disappearance of British shipbuilding. On the eve of the First World War, British …
Ebb Tide in the British Maritime Industries
This book examines how the principal British maritime industries - shipping, shipbuilding and ports - adapted, or failed to adapt, to a changing world in the period 1918 to 1990, …
British Privateering Enterprise in the Eighteenth Century
An important part of eighteenth-century maritime conflict involved the destruction of enemy commerce and the protection of home trade. In performing these tasks, state navies were …
Pirates and Privateers
Focuses on the character of 18th- and 19th-century pirate communities in the Caribbean, the East Indies and China, and on the significance of privateering operations based on the …
Exploiting the Sea
Exploiting the Sea offers new perspectives on Britain's vital but changing relationship with the sea since the late nineteenth century. It assesses the significance to the British …
The Glorious First of June 1794
The Glorious First of June 1794 was the first great naval engagement of the Great War with France (1793-1815). Participants on both sides considered it the hardest-fought battle …