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Gray, Steven.

Steam power and sea powercoal, the Royal Navy, and the British Empire, c. 1870-1914 /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Steam power and sea powerby Steven Gray.
Reminder of title:	coal, the Royal Navy, and the British Empire, c. 1870-1914 /
Author:	Gray, Steven.
Published:	London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :2018.
Description:	xvi, 289 p. :ill. (some col.), maps, digital ;22 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Coal tradeHistory19th century.Great Britain
Subject:	Great BritainEconomic policy1979-1997.
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57642-2
ISBN:	9781137576422$q(electronic bk.)

Steam power and sea powercoal, the Royal Navy, and the British Empire, c. 1870-1914 /
Gray, Steven.

Steam power and sea powercoal, the Royal Navy, and the British Empire, c. 1870-1914 /[electronic resource] :by Steven Gray. - London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :2018. - xvi, 289 p. :ill. (some col.), maps, digital ;22 cm. - Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series. - Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series..

This book examines how the expansion of a steam-powered Royal Navy from the second half of the nineteenth century had wider ramifications across the British Empire. In particular, it considers how steam propulsion made vessels utterly dependent on a particular resource - coal - and its distribution around the world. In doing so, it shows that the 'coal question' was central to imperial defence and the protection of trade, requiring the creation of infrastructures that spanned the globe. This infrastructure required careful management, and the processes involved show the development of bureaucracy and the reliance on the 'contractor state' to ensure this was both robust and able to allow swift mobilisation in war. The requirement to stop regularly at foreign stations also brought men of the Royal navy into contact with local coal heavers, as well as indigenous populations and landscapes. These encounters and their dissemination are crucial to our understanding of imperial relationships and imaginations at the height of the imperial age.

ISBN: 9781137576422$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1057/978-1-137-57642-2doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

800544
Coal trade
--History--Great Britain--19th century.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

381151
Great Britain
--Economic policy--1979-1997.

LC Class. No.: DA88 / .G73 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 359.0094109034

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