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 i…
Curating empire explores the diverse roles played by museums and their curators in moulding and representing the British imperial experience. This collection demonstrates how individuals, their curatorial practices, and intellectual and political agendas influenced the developme…
Southern Africa played a varied but vital role in Britain's maritime and imperial stories: it was one of the most intricate pieces in the British imperial strategic jigsaw, and representations of southern African landscape and maritime spaces reflect its multifaceted position. R…
"Southern Africa played a varied but vital role in Britain’s maritime and imperial stories: it was one of the most intricate pieces in the British imperial strategic jigsaw, and representations of southern African landscape and maritime spaces reflect its multifaceted position. …
by Rubin, Joan Shelley, Davis, Philip, McAleer, John, Hammond, Mary, Hammond, Mary, Eliot, Simon, Wheeler, Michael, Billington, Josie, Coker, Cait, Attar, Karen, Ferguson, Christopher, Fossey, Natalie, Kriel, Lize, Laugesen, Amanda, Oestreicher, Cheryl, Pawley, Christine, Whavers, Angelle
fromThe Edinburgh History of Reading : EHR
Reveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the agesCovers reading practices around the world from 19th-century Africa to the reading of music in the 20th-century USEmploys a wide range of methodologiesShowcases new research including reading at night; readers …
by Rubin, Joan Shelley, Davis, Philip, McAleer, John, Hammond, Mary, Hammond, Mary, Eliot, Simon, Wheeler, Michael, Billington, Josie, Coker, Cait, Attar, Karen, Ferguson, Christopher, Fossey, Natalie, Kriel, Lize, Laugesen, Amanda, Oestreicher, Cheryl, Pawley, Christine, Whavers, Angelle
fromThe Edinburgh History of Reading : EHR
Reveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the agesCovers reading practices around the world from 19th-century Africa to the reading of music in the 20th-century USEmploys a wide range of methodologiesShowcases new research including reading at night; readers …
This volume analyses the critical role played by the maritime gateway to Asia around the Cape of Good Hope in the development of the British Empire
"A fascinating new study in which John McAleer explores the maritime gateway to Asia around the Cape of Good Hope and its critical role in the establishment, consolidation and maintenance of the British Empire in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Situated at the cent…
Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Map -- 1 Introduction: 'the master link of connection' -- 2 'The key to India': consolidating the gateway to the East -- 3 'A sword in the hands': European rivals…
La 4e de couverture indique : "A fascinating new study in which John McAleer explores the maritime gateway to Asia around the Cape of Good Hope and its critical role in the establishment, consolidation and maintenance of the British Empire in the late eighteenth and nineteenth c…
A fascinating new study in which John McAleer explores the maritime gateway to Asia around the Cape of Good Hope and its critical role in the establishment, consolidation and maintenance of the British Empire in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Situated at the centr…
