The British Seaborne Empire

Author : Jeremy Black,Professor Jeremy Black
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300103867

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The British Seaborne Empire by Jeremy Black,Professor Jeremy Black Pdf

"Britain's seaborne tradition is used to throw light on the British themselves, the people with whom they came into contact and the British perception of empire. The oceans and their shores, rather than the mysterious interiors of continents, certainly dominated the English perception of the transoceanic world in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, climaxing in the fascination with the Pacific in the age of Captain Cook, and continuing into the nineteenth century, with Franklin in the Arctic and Ross in the Antarctic. The oceans offered much more than fascination. In England, from the late sixteenth century, maritime conflict and imperial strength were seen as important to national morale and reputation and without it there would have been no empire, or at least not in the form it actually took."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781641770392

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Imperial Legacies by Jeremy Black Pdf

Britain yesterday; America today. The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In this provocative book, noted historian and commentator Jeremy Black shows how criticisms of the legacy of the British Empire are, in part, criticisms of the reality of American power today. He emphasizes the prominence of imperial rule in history and in the world today, and the selective way in which certain countries are castigated. Imperial Legacies is a wide-ranging and vigorous assault on political correctness, its language, misuse of the past, and grasping of both present and future.

Author : Gabriel Paquette
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300245271

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The European Seaborne Empires by Gabriel Paquette Pdf

An accessible survey of the history of European overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries based on new scholarship In this thematic survey, Gabriel Paquette focuses on the evolution of the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, and Dutch overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He draws on recent advances in the field to examine their development, from efficacious forms of governance to coercive violence. Beginning with a narrative overview of imperial expansion that incorporates recent critiques of older scholarly approaches, Paquette then analyzes the significance of these empires, including their political, economic, and social consequences and legacies. He makes the multifaceted history of Europe’s globe-spanning empires in this crucial period accessible to new readers.

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015066808695

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A Military History of Britain by Jeremy Black Pdf

Starting his account at a time when Britain was poised to rule the world's oceans—and much of its land as well—prolific historian Jeremy Black details the nation's involvement in global affairs from the late-18th century to the present. A Military History of Britain is an account of military structures and cultures, and relevant socio-political contexts, as well as of conflicts. As in all of his writing, Black seeks to challenge conventional assumptions and offer illuminating new perspectives. Black begins by setting the background to British military history, in particular the anti-(large) army ideology, the maritime tradition, and the growing geo-political rivalry with France. After the defeat of the French in North America, Britain would become the world's leading maritime power. The 19th Century would see tension between Britain and the new United States, France, Germany, and an increasing emphasis on imperial conquests. Organized in three parts: Britain as Imperial Parent; Britain as Imperial Rival; and Britain as Imperial Partner. A primary focus of this account will be the 20th century, examining Britain and World War I (including Britain as a world power and issues of imperial overstretch) and World War II (and the subsequent wars of Imperial Retention in Malaya, Kenya, and Cyprus). As in all of his writing, Black seeks to challenge conventional assumptions, and offer illuminating new perspectives. Black details the involvement of Britain in global affairs up to the present. Recent issues of continuing importance include Britain as a nuclear power, the end of the East of Suez policy, NATO membership; out-of-area conflict (from the Falklands to Iraq), and the adjustment to new global roles. This wide-ranging and broadly-based account is designed for students and for the general reader.

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Casemate Academic
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781952715099

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How the Army Made Britain a Global Power, 1688–1815 by Jeremy Black Pdf

“A majestic study of the British Army’s evolution” from the acclaimed historian, commentator, and author of Britain’s Naval Route to Greatness (Stanley D.M. Carpenter, Emeritus Professor of Strategy, U.S. Naval War College). Between 1760 and 1815, British troops campaigned from Manila to Montreal, Cape Town to Copenhagen, Washington to Waterloo. The naval dimension of Britain’s expansion has been superbly covered by a number of excellent studies, but there has not been a single volume that does the same for the army and, in particular, looks at how and why it became a world-operating force, one capable of beating the Marathas as well as the French. This book will both offer a new perspective, one that concentrates on the global role of the army and its central part in imperial expansion and preservation, and as such will be a major book for military history and world history. There will be a focus on what the army brought to power equations and how this made it a world-level force. “Black was one of the first military historians to recognize the requirement for truly global analysis . . . [His] central argument is of great importance to serving soldiers today; senior officers should take note.” —Wavell Room “Challenges hoary impressions of the British military while encouraging readers to dig more deeply into the origins, meanings, and consequences of Britain’s increasingly hybrid army.” —Michigan War Studies Review “A brief but insightful survey of the broad historical processes that, by transforming the British Army into a versatile instrument of global reach and global power, allowed it to shape the world.” —The NYMAS Review

Author : J. H. Parry
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1990-08-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0520071409

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The Spanish Seaborne Empire by J. H. Parry Pdf

The Spanish empire in America was the first of the great seaborne empires of western Europe; it was for long the richest and the most formidable, the focus of envy, fear, and hatred. Its haphazard beginning dates from 1492; it was to last more than three hundred years before breaking up in the early nineteenth century in civil wars between rival generals and "liberators." Available now for the first time in paperback is J. H. Parry's classic assessment of the impact of Spain on the Americas. Parry presents a broad picture of the conquests of Cortès and Pizarro and of the economic and social consequences in Spain of the effort to maintain control of vast holdings. He probes the complex administration of the empire, its economy, social structure, the influence of the Church, the destruction of the Indian cultures and the effect of their decline on Spanish policy. As we approach the quincentenary of Columbus's arrival in the Americas, Parry provides the historical basis for a new consideration of the former Spanish colonies of Latin America and the transformation of pre-Columbian cultures to colonial states.

Author : Gabriel Paquette
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Europe
ISBN : 9780300205152

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The European Seaborne Empires by Gabriel Paquette Pdf

An accessible survey of the history of European overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries based on new scholarship In this thematic survey, Gabriel Paquette focuses on the evolution of the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, and Dutch overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He draws on recent advances in the field to examine their development, from efficacious forms of governance to coercive violence. Beginning with a narrative overview of imperial expansion that incorporates recent critiques of older scholarly approaches, Paquette then analyzes the significance of these empires, including their political, economic, and social consequences and legacies. He makes the multifaceted history of Europe's globe-spanning empires in this crucial period accessible to new readers.

Author : Charles Ralph Boxer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Portugal
ISBN : OCLC:56691

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The Portuguese Seaborne Empire, 1415-1825 by Charles Ralph Boxer Pdf

Author : Douglas J. Hamilton,John McAleer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0192586548

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Islands and the British Empire in the Age of Sail by Douglas J. Hamilton,John McAleer Pdf

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317154273

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Debating Foreign Policy in Eighteenth-Century Britain by Jeremy Black Pdf

It was during the course of the eighteenth century that Britain's status as a major maritime and commercial power was forged, shaping the political, economic and military policies of the nation for the next two centuries. Starting from a relatively minor role in global affairs before 1700, Britain rapidly rose to become a significant player in European affairs, and leading imperial power by 1800. In this commanding contribution to the subject, Jeremy Black draws on his extensive expertise to examine how British political culture and public debate in this period responded to, and in part shaped, this transition to an increasingly prominent role in world affairs. Rather than offering a familiar narrative of Britain's eighteenth-century foreign policy, this book instead focuses upon how this policy was debated and written about in British society. Taking as a central theme the debate over policy and the development of public culture and politics, the study explores how these were linked to developing relations with Europe and helped shape colonial strategies and expectations. It highlights how widely shared concerns about such issues as national defence, the strength of the Royal Navy and trade protection, presented little consensus in how they were to be realised and were the subject of fierce public debate. The book underlines how these kinds of issues were not considered in the abstract, but in terms of a political community that was divided over a series of key issues. By probing the problems and issues surrounding the need to define and discuss Britain's foreign policy in semi-public and public contexts, this book offers a fascinating insight into questions of perceived national interest, and how this developed and evolved over the course of the eighteenth century. This work complements the author's other studies by joining the institutional focus seen there to a wider assessment of public politics and print culture, and as such will make a central contribution to studies of eighteenth-century Britain and Europe.

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300117325

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George III by Jeremy Black Pdf

Black's biography deals comprehensively with the politics, the wars, and the domestic issues, and harnesses the richest range of unpublished sources in Britain, Germany, and the United States to explore the king's scientific, cultural, and intellectual interests as no other biographer has done.

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1952715083

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How the Army Made Britain a Global Power by Jeremy Black Pdf

An examination of the British Army during the long 18th century, how it became a world-operating force and its part in imperial expansion and preservation.

Author : Douglas Hamilton,John McAleer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192586551

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Islands and the British Empire in the Age of Sail by Douglas Hamilton,John McAleer Pdf

Islands are not just geographical units or physical facts; their importance and significance arise from the human activities associated with them. The maritime routes of sailing ships, the victualling requirements of their sailors, and the strategic demands of seaborne empires in the age of sail - as well as their intrinsic value as sources of rare commodities - meant that islands across the globe played prominent parts in imperial consolidation and expansion. This volume examines the various ways in which islands (and groups of islands) contributed to the establishment, extension, and maintenance of the British Empire in the age of sail. Thematically related chapters explore the geographical, topographical, economic, and social diversity of the islands that comprised a large component of the British Empire in an era of rapid and significant expansion. Although many of these islands were isolated rocky outcrops, they acted as crucial nodal points, providing critical assistance for ships and men embarked on the long-distance voyages that characterised British overseas activities in the period. Intercontinental maritime trade, colonial settlement, and scientific exploration and experimentation would have been impossible without these oceanic islands. They also acted as sites of strategic competition, contestation, and conflict for rival European powers keen to outstrip each other in developing and maintaining overseas markets, plantations, and settlements. The importance of islands outstripped their physical size, the populations they sustained, or their individual economic contribution to the imperial balance sheet. Standing at the centre of maritime routes of global connectivity, islands offer historians of the British Empire fresh perspectives on the intercontinental communication, commercial connections, and territorial expansion that characterised that empire.

Author : Christopher P. Magra
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107112148

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Poseidon's Curse by Christopher P. Magra Pdf

An investigation of the Atlantic origins of the American Revolution, focusing on the British navy's impressment of American ships and mariners.

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472145901

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A Brief History of the Atlantic by Jeremy Black Pdf

The Atlantic has borne witness to major historic events that have drastically shaped humanity with each crossing of its path. In this broad and readable book, Jeremy Black takes the reader through its evolution to becoming one of the most important oceans in the world. Black discusses the importance of the Atlantic in relation to world history as well as addressing topics such as those bravest to attempt to cross the ocean before Columbus, the beginnings of slavery from 1400-1600, the struggle for control between empires in the 1600s, the way technology adapted with steamships to telegraph cables, the battle of the Falkland, and the Cold War. Black also touches on the Atlantic we know today, and the struggles it faces due to urgent global issues including climate change, pollution, and the trials of the economic rise in the Indo-Pacific world. If you have ever yearned to know more about this famed and vital ocean, this clear and concise history will be a key read as one of the first of its kind on its evolution to becoming an established world ocean.