A history of the Royal Navy : empire and imperialism / Daniel Owen Spence.

By:

Spence, Daniel Owen [author.]

Contributor(s):

National Museum of the Royal Navy (Great Britain)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: History of the Royal Navy seriesPublisher: London : I.B. Tauris, 2015Copyright date: �2015Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 238 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0857726196
9780857726193
9780857739612
0857739611
9780755618620
0755618629

Other title:

Empire and imperialism

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

359.00941 23

LOC classification:

VA454 .S69 2015eb

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Summary: The British Empire, the largest empire in history, was fundamentally a maritime one. Britain's imperial power was inextricably tied to the strength of the Royal Navy the ability to protect and extend Britain's political and economic interests overseas, and to provide the vital bonds that connected the metropole with the colonies. This book will examine the intrinsic relationship between the Royal Navy and the empire, by examining not only the navy s expansionist role on land and sea, but also the ideological and cultural influence it exerted for both the coloniser and colonised.

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Published in association with the National Museum of the Royal Navy.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-224) and index.

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The British Empire, the largest empire in history, was fundamentally a maritime one. Britain's imperial power was inextricably tied to the strength of the Royal Navy the ability to protect and extend Britain's political and economic interests overseas, and to provide the vital bonds that connected the metropole with the colonies. This book will examine the intrinsic relationship between the Royal Navy and the empire, by examining not only the navy s expansionist role on land and sea, but also the ideological and cultural influence it exerted for both the coloniser and colonised.

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