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Title The sea in history. The modern world = La mer dans l'histoire. La période contemporaine / edited by N.A.M. Rodger ; general editor, Christian Buchet.
Parallel Title Mer dans l'histoire. La période contemporaine
Publisher Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2017.



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Contents Frontcover; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; General introduction and acknowledgements by Christian Buchet; Introduction générale et remercients par Christian Buchet; Introduction (English); Introduction (français); The sea and seapower within the international system; Germany, 1870-1914: a military empire turns to the sea; The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1937-1942; The US as a new naval power, 1890-1919; World war suspended and resumed: Russia, 1919-1940; Freedom and control of the seas, 1856-1919; UNCLOS and the modern law of the sea
New navies and maritime powersBritain, 1815-1850: naval power or sea power?; Free trade, industrialization and the global economy, 1815-1914; Coal and the sea; Shipbuilding and power: some reflections; Maintaining naval hegemony in the industrial age: Britain, 1850-1889; Naval armaments races, 1889-1922; The British Empire and the war at sea, 1914-1918; Steaming worldwide waters: adaptation and transformation in the Netherlands; Austria-Hungary: an inland empire looks to the sea; The Ottoman Empire and the sea, 1789-1922; Empire and trade without a major navy: Portugal
Italy, 1861-1914: did the sea build a state and an empire?Imperial failure of the industrial age: Spain, 1805-1898; Denmark: a small power with a growing shipping industry; Sweden and the sea in the 19th century; Navies, internal order and trade in South America, 1830-1914; The sea and the American Civil War; The wider Caribbean during the 19th and 20th centuries; Ship canals; Oil and water; Imperial failure in the industrial age: China, 1842-1911; China turns to the sea, 1912-1990; India and the sea
Les îles d'Océanie et l'ouverture sur la mer à l'heure de la première mondialisation contemporaineMaritime labour; Fisheries; Geographical determinism and the growth of the American whaling and sealing industries; La France et la mer, 1815-1914; Russia tries the new naval technologies, 1815-1914; The First World War and Japan: from the Anglo-Japanese Alliance to the Washington Treaty; The sea in the Great War; The Mediterranean and World War I; Germany in World War One: naval strategy and warfare; The sea in German grand strategy, 1919-1939/40
The case of Germany in the first part of World War II, 1939-1942Britain on the defensive, 1939-1942; Britain and the sea, 1943-1945; The Washington Treaty era, 1919-1936: naval arms limitation; The Washington Treaty era: neutralising the Pacific; The United States and the Second World War; The sea as a decisive factor in the Second World War; The sea and the rise of the dictators: Italy, 1919-1940; The Italian offensive, 1940-1941; The sea and the Cold War; NATO as a maritime alliance in the Cold War; The sea and the Soviet Empire; The sea and the economic slump, 1919-1939
Note Chapters in English and French. Introductions in both English and French.
ISBN 9781782049111 (electronic bk.)
1782049118 (electronic bk.)
9781783271603
1783271604
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Subject Naval history -- 19th century.
Naval history -- 20th century.
History, Modern -- 19th century.
History, Modern -- 20th century.
Globalization -- History -- 19th century.
Globalization -- History -- 20th century.
Alt author Rodger, N. A. M., 1949- editor.
Buchet, Christian, editor.
Parallel Title Mer dans l'histoire. La période contemporaine
Descript 1 online resource (xxx, 814 pages)
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Media computer c
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Contents Frontcover; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; General introduction and acknowledgements by Christian Buchet; Introduction générale et remercients par Christian Buchet; Introduction (English); Introduction (français); The sea and seapower within the international system; Germany, 1870-1914: a military empire turns to the sea; The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1937-1942; The US as a new naval power, 1890-1919; World war suspended and resumed: Russia, 1919-1940; Freedom and control of the seas, 1856-1919; UNCLOS and the modern law of the sea
New navies and maritime powersBritain, 1815-1850: naval power or sea power?; Free trade, industrialization and the global economy, 1815-1914; Coal and the sea; Shipbuilding and power: some reflections; Maintaining naval hegemony in the industrial age: Britain, 1850-1889; Naval armaments races, 1889-1922; The British Empire and the war at sea, 1914-1918; Steaming worldwide waters: adaptation and transformation in the Netherlands; Austria-Hungary: an inland empire looks to the sea; The Ottoman Empire and the sea, 1789-1922; Empire and trade without a major navy: Portugal
Italy, 1861-1914: did the sea build a state and an empire?Imperial failure of the industrial age: Spain, 1805-1898; Denmark: a small power with a growing shipping industry; Sweden and the sea in the 19th century; Navies, internal order and trade in South America, 1830-1914; The sea and the American Civil War; The wider Caribbean during the 19th and 20th centuries; Ship canals; Oil and water; Imperial failure in the industrial age: China, 1842-1911; China turns to the sea, 1912-1990; India and the sea
Les îles d'Océanie et l'ouverture sur la mer à l'heure de la première mondialisation contemporaineMaritime labour; Fisheries; Geographical determinism and the growth of the American whaling and sealing industries; La France et la mer, 1815-1914; Russia tries the new naval technologies, 1815-1914; The First World War and Japan: from the Anglo-Japanese Alliance to the Washington Treaty; The sea in the Great War; The Mediterranean and World War I; Germany in World War One: naval strategy and warfare; The sea in German grand strategy, 1919-1939/40
The case of Germany in the first part of World War II, 1939-1942Britain on the defensive, 1939-1942; Britain and the sea, 1943-1945; The Washington Treaty era, 1919-1936: naval arms limitation; The Washington Treaty era: neutralising the Pacific; The United States and the Second World War; The sea as a decisive factor in the Second World War; The sea and the rise of the dictators: Italy, 1919-1940; The Italian offensive, 1940-1941; The sea and the Cold War; NATO as a maritime alliance in the Cold War; The sea and the Soviet Empire; The sea and the economic slump, 1919-1939
Note Chapters in English and French. Introductions in both English and French.
ISBN 9781782049111 (electronic bk.)
1782049118 (electronic bk.)
9781783271603
1783271604
Subject Naval history -- 19th century.
Naval history -- 20th century.
History, Modern -- 19th century.
History, Modern -- 20th century.
Globalization -- History -- 19th century.
Globalization -- History -- 20th century.
Alt author Rodger, N. A. M., 1949- editor.
Buchet, Christian, editor.
Parallel Title Mer dans l'histoire. La période contemporaine

Subject Naval history -- 19th century.
Naval history -- 20th century.
History, Modern -- 19th century.
History, Modern -- 20th century.
Globalization -- History -- 19th century.
Globalization -- History -- 20th century.
Descript 1 online resource (xxx, 814 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Frontcover; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; General introduction and acknowledgements by Christian Buchet; Introduction générale et remercients par Christian Buchet; Introduction (English); Introduction (français); The sea and seapower within the international system; Germany, 1870-1914: a military empire turns to the sea; The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1937-1942; The US as a new naval power, 1890-1919; World war suspended and resumed: Russia, 1919-1940; Freedom and control of the seas, 1856-1919; UNCLOS and the modern law of the sea
New navies and maritime powersBritain, 1815-1850: naval power or sea power?; Free trade, industrialization and the global economy, 1815-1914; Coal and the sea; Shipbuilding and power: some reflections; Maintaining naval hegemony in the industrial age: Britain, 1850-1889; Naval armaments races, 1889-1922; The British Empire and the war at sea, 1914-1918; Steaming worldwide waters: adaptation and transformation in the Netherlands; Austria-Hungary: an inland empire looks to the sea; The Ottoman Empire and the sea, 1789-1922; Empire and trade without a major navy: Portugal
Italy, 1861-1914: did the sea build a state and an empire?Imperial failure of the industrial age: Spain, 1805-1898; Denmark: a small power with a growing shipping industry; Sweden and the sea in the 19th century; Navies, internal order and trade in South America, 1830-1914; The sea and the American Civil War; The wider Caribbean during the 19th and 20th centuries; Ship canals; Oil and water; Imperial failure in the industrial age: China, 1842-1911; China turns to the sea, 1912-1990; India and the sea
Les îles d'Océanie et l'ouverture sur la mer à l'heure de la première mondialisation contemporaineMaritime labour; Fisheries; Geographical determinism and the growth of the American whaling and sealing industries; La France et la mer, 1815-1914; Russia tries the new naval technologies, 1815-1914; The First World War and Japan: from the Anglo-Japanese Alliance to the Washington Treaty; The sea in the Great War; The Mediterranean and World War I; Germany in World War One: naval strategy and warfare; The sea in German grand strategy, 1919-1939/40
The case of Germany in the first part of World War II, 1939-1942Britain on the defensive, 1939-1942; Britain and the sea, 1943-1945; The Washington Treaty era, 1919-1936: naval arms limitation; The Washington Treaty era: neutralising the Pacific; The United States and the Second World War; The sea as a decisive factor in the Second World War; The sea and the rise of the dictators: Italy, 1919-1940; The Italian offensive, 1940-1941; The sea and the Cold War; NATO as a maritime alliance in the Cold War; The sea and the Soviet Empire; The sea and the economic slump, 1919-1939
Note Chapters in English and French. Introductions in both English and French.
Alt author Rodger, N. A. M., 1949- editor.
Buchet, Christian, editor.
ISBN 9781782049111 (electronic bk.)
1782049118 (electronic bk.)
9781783271603
1783271604

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