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1119 results in Historical geography

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Common Land in Britain
  • A History from the Middle Ages to the Present Day
  • Angus J. L. Winchester
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    20 December 2022
    Print publication:
    27 September 2022
  • The first authoritative survey of the history of common land in Great Britain from the medieval period to present day.

The British Navy in Eastern Waters
  • The Indian and Pacific Oceans
  • John D. Grainger
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    26 May 2022
    Print publication:
    12 April 2022
  • Provides a comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the earliest times to the present.

Atlantic Piracy in the Early Nineteenth Century
  • The Shocking Story of the Pirates and the Survivors of the Morning Star
  • Sarah Craze
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    07 October 2022
    Print publication:
    10 March 2022
  • Skilfully uses this notorious episode to illuminate the nature and extent of piracy in the period.

The English and French Navies, 1500-1650
  • Expansion, Organisation and State-Building
  • Benjamin W. D. Redding
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    26 May 2022
    Print publication:
    28 January 2022
  • This book challenges the received wisdom about the relative weakness of French naval power when compared with that of England.

The Indentured Archipelago
  • Experiences of Indian Labour in Mauritius and Fiji, 1871–1916
  • Reshaad Durgahee
  • Published online:
    06 August 2021
    Print publication:
    09 December 2021
  • This book focuses on the spatial experiences of Indian indentured labourers in Mauritius and Fiji and reveals previously unexplored labour movements across the so-called Indentured Archipelago. It offers a historical geographical perspective of the lives of these labourers in Mauritius and Fiji, situating their experiences in the wider context of spatial mobility and subaltern agency. The concept of re-migration - labourers moving between these colonies, and beyond - is explored, and the scale of this facet of indentured life is revealed, in a way which has not been done to date. It brings to the fore a debate on subaltern agency, and role of geography in exploring the lives of these labourers both within and between colonies. The book also brings to light the numerous proposals for the use of Indian indentured labour across the globe, highlighting the centrality of Indian indenture to the post-abolition labour discourse.

Ports in the Medieval European Atlantic
  • Shipping, Transport and Labour
  • Edited by Ana María Rivera Medina
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    25 May 2021
    Print publication:
    16 July 2021
  • Presents a wealth of original research findings on how medieval ports actually worked, providing new insights on shipping, trade, port society and culture, and systems of regional and international integration.

Suppressing Piracy in the Early Eighteenth Century
  • Pirates, Merchants and British Imperial Authority in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans
  • David Wilson
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    24 March 2021
    Print publication:
    16 April 2021
  • Shows how Britain and its empire was not a strong centralised imperial state and that it was only through manifold activities taking place in different colonial centres with varied colonial arrangements that the surge in piracy in this period was contained and reduced.

The British Navy in the Caribbean
  • John D. Grainger
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    09 February 2021
    Print publication:
    17 February 2021
  • A survey of the activities of the British navy in the Caribbean from the voyages of sixteenth century English adventurers such as John Hawkins and Francis Drake through the great wars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries against the Dutch, Spanish and French and Britain's declining role thereafter.

Fishermen, the Fishing Industry and the Great War at Sea
  • A Forgotten History?
  • Robb Robinson
  • Published by:
    Liverpool University Press
    Published online:
    03 July 2020
    Print publication:
    01 March 2019
  • Recent discussion, academic publications and many of the national exhibitions relating to the Great War at sea have focussed on capital ships, Jutland and perhaps U-boats. Very little has been published about the crucial role played by fishermen, fishing vessels and coastal communities all round the British Isles. Yet fishermen and armed fishing craft were continually on the maritime front line throughout the conflict; they formed the backbone of the Auxiliary Patrol and were in constant action against-U-boats or engaged on unrelenting minesweeping duties. Approximately 3000 fishing vessels were requisitioned and armed by the Admiralty and more than 39,000 fishermen joined the Trawler Section of the Royal Naval Reserve. The class and cultural gap between working fishermen and many RN officers was enormous. This book examines the multifaceted role that fishermen and the fish trade played throughout the conflict. It examines the reasons why, in an age of dreadnoughts and other high-tech military equipment, so many fishermen and fishing vessels were called upon to play such a crucial role in the littoral war against mines and U-boats, not only around the British Isles but also off the coasts of various other theatres of war. It will analyse the nature of the fishing industry's war-time involvement and also the contribution that non-belligerent fishing vessels continued to play in maintaining the beleaguered nation's food supplies.

Planning and Profits
  • British Naval Armaments Manufacture and the Military Industrial Complex, 1918–1941
  • Christopher Miller
  • Published by:
    Liverpool University Press
    Published online:
    19 November 2019
    Print publication:
    11 April 2018
  • In a time of great need for Britain, a small coterie of influential businessmen gained access to secret information on industrial mobilization as advisers to the Principal Supply Officers Committee. They provided the state with priceless advice, but, as "insiders" utilised their access to information to build a business empire at a fraction of the normal costs. Outsiders, in contrast, lacked influence and were forced together into a defensive "ring" or cartel – which effectively fixed prices for British warships. By the 1930s, the cartel grew into one of the most sophisticated profiteering groups of its day.This book examines the relationship between the private naval armaments industry, businessmen, and the British government defence planners between the wars. It reassesses the concept of the military-industrial complex through the impact of disarmament upon private industry, the role of leading industrialists in supply and procurement policy, and the successes and failings of government organisation. It blends together political, naval, and business history in new ways, and, by situating the business activities of industrialists alongside their work as government advisors, sheds new light on the operation of the British state.This is the story of how these men profited while effectively saving the National Government from itself.

The British Navy in the Mediterranean
  • John D. Grainger
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    24 August 2019
    Print publication:
    17 November 2017
  • A comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Mediterranean from the earliest times until the present.

Islamic Seapower during the Age of Fighting Sail
  • Philip MacDougall
  • Published by:
    Boydell & Brewer
    Published online:
    01 September 2019
    Print publication:
    17 November 2017
  • Shows how extensive the naval power of Islamic states was, charts the rise and fall of Islamic navies, and outlines the various wars and campaigns in which Islamic navies were involved.

Merchant Organization and Maritime Trade in the North Atlantic, 1660–1815
  • Volume 15
  • Edited by Olaf Uwe Janzen
  • Published by:
    Liverpool University Press
    Published online:
    10 September 2019
    Print publication:
    18 October 2017
  • This book presents the challenges faced by maritime merchants operating in the North Atlantic in the early modern period, and examines the opportunities, aspirations, and methods utilised in the pursuit of profitable trade. The book collects nine essays and a reflective conclusion, which cumulatively explore the major themes of trade within empires; growth of trade; new initiatives within trade empires; government initiatives in relation to maritime mercantile trade; merchant migration; and changes in international trade. The book attempts to provide scholarly insight and perspectives into early modern economic life, through the maritime mercantile activities of various European and North American nations.

Those Emblems of Hell?
  • European Sailors and the Maritime Labour Market, 1570–1870
  • Volume 13
  • Paul C. van Royen
  • Published by:
    Liverpool University Press
    Published online:
    10 September 2019
    Print publication:
    18 October 2017
  • This volume collects a series of reports from maritime historians across Europe, aiming to provide a coherent historical trajectory of the lives of European sailors and their dealings with the maritime labour market; the reports were presented at The Hague's 1994 conference, 'European Sailors, 1570–1870.' The core areas discussed in the first half of the volume include: the national maritime labour market; the international maritime labour market; working conditions for sailors; and career patterns. The second half features reports detailing the sailing history of a selection European countries:- the Netherlands; England; Scotland; Britain as a whole; Iceland; Norway; Finland; Denmark; Germany; Belgium; France; and Spain. Each report responds to a set of questions distributed by the commissioning editors, so that the data from each country can be compared and contrasted. Questions considered include the number of sailors represented in the navy, mercantile, marine, or whaling industries; the socio-economic background of sailors; wage details; recruitment policies; strikes; mutinies; and career mobility amongst sailors. The volume provides an overview of the history of sailors to enable a strengthening of data in the field of maritime history as it continues to develop and extend.

The Vital Spark
  • The British Coastal Trade, 1700–1930
  • Volume 40
  • John Armstrong
  • Published by:
    Liverpool University Press
    Published online:
    10 September 2019
    Print publication:
    18 October 2017
  • This book collects seventeen previously published essays by John Armstrong concerning the British coastal trade. Armstrong is a leading maritime historian and the essays provided here offer a thorough exploration of the British coastal trade, his specialisation, during the period of industrialisation and technological development that would lead to modern shipping. The purpose is to demonstrate the whether or not the coastal trade was the main carrier of internal trade and a pioneer of the technical developments that modernised the shipping industry. Each essay makes an original contribution to the field and covers a broad range of topics, including the fluctuating importance of the coastal trade and size of the coastal fleet over time; the relationship between coastal shipping, canals, and railways; a comparison between the coastal liner and coastal tramp trade; the significance of the river Thames in enabling trade; coastal trade economics; maritime freight rates; the early twentieth century shipping depression; competition between coastal liner companies; and a detailed study of the role of the government in coastal shipping. The book also contains case studies of the London coal trade; coastal trade through the River Dee port; and the Liverpool-Hull trade route. It contains a foreword, introduction, and bibliography of Armstrong's writings. There is no overall conclusion, except the assertion that coastal shipping plays a tremendous role in British maritime history, and a call for further research into the field.

The Shaping of Tuscany
  • Landscape and Society between Tradition and Modernity
  • Dario Gaggio
  • Published online:
    24 November 2016
    Print publication:
    28 November 2016
  • To its many tourists and visitors, the Tuscan landscape evokes a sense of timelessness and harmony. Yet, the upheavals of the twentieth century profoundly reshaped rural Tuscany. Uncovering the experiences of ordinary people, Professor Gaggio traces the history of Tuscany to show how the region's modern conflicts and aspirations have contributed to forging its modern-day beauty. He demonstrates how the rise of Fascism was particularly violent in rural Tuscany, and how struggles between Communist sharecroppers and their landlords raged long after the end of the dictatorship. The flight from the farms in the 1950s and 1960s disorientated many Tuscans, prompting ambitious development projects, and in more recent decades the emergence of the heritage industry has raised the spectre of commodification. This book tells the story of how many Tuscans themselves have become tourists in their own land – forced to adapt to rapid change and reinvent their landscape in the process.

An Historical Collection of the Several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean
  • Alexander Dalrymple
  • Published online:
    05 November 2015
    Print publication:
    02 July 2015
  • This important collection, published in two volumes in 1770–1 and reissued here in one, contains accounts of notable Iberian and Dutch voyages in the southern hemisphere, translated and edited by Alexander Dalrymple (1737–1808). Hydrographer to the Admiralty from 1795, Dalrymple produced this work as part of his research into the belief at the time that there existed an undiscovered continent in the South Pacific. These volumes were intended to demonstrate the knowledge of the region to date. The first volume covers sixteenth-century Spanish and Portuguese voyages, beginning with Ferdinand Magellan and including those of Juan Fernández, Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira and Pedro Fernandes de Queirós. The second volume contains the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Dutch voyages of Jacob Le Mair and Willem Schouten, Abel Tasman and Jacob Roggeveen. This volume also contains a chronological table of discoveries in the southern hemisphere since 1501.

A Voyage to Cochinchina, in the Years 1792 and 1793
  • Containing a General View of the Valuable Productions and the Political Importance of This Flourishing Kingdom
  • John Barrow
  • Published online:
    05 June 2016
    Print publication:
    27 April 2015
  • A staunch supporter of exploration, Sir John Barrow (1764–1848) backed expeditions to Africa, Australia, the Arctic and the Antarctic during his forty-year tenure as Second Secretary to the Admiralty. In his early career, he served as an aide to the diplomat Lord Macartney, joining him on his 1792–4 embassy to China, and during his later governorship of the Cape of Good Hope. Barrow was a prolific author, setting new standards of detail and accuracy for travel writing. In this 1806 account, he recounts the embassy's journey to Cochinchina (now Vietnam) via Brazil and Java. In one of the first illustrated accounts of the country in English, Barrow applies his boundless curiosity and elegant style to history, politics, local customs, and the flora and fauna. His autobiography and several other volumes of his travel writing are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.

The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay
  • With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island
  • Arthur Phillip
  • Published online:
    05 September 2015
    Print publication:
    27 April 2015
  • This work, first published in 1789, is an edited compilation of official papers, journals and illustrations relevant to the voyage of the First Fleet to Australia and the founding of Port Jackson on Sydney Cove, and of the penal colony of Norfolk Island. Arthur Phillip (1738–1814), a sailor of wide experience in both the Royal Navy and the Portuguese fleet, accepted the post of commander of the fleet and governor of the new colony in 1786, and the eleven ships arrived in Botany Bay in January 1788. This account begins with a note on Phillip's career, and discusses earlier British colonisation, before describing the preparations for, and progress of, the voyage. The fascinating documentation continues with materials on the founding of the colony, problems with the convict workmen, encounters with native Australians, and with the local wildlife, all illustrations of the birth of one of the world's great cities.

The Arctic North-East and West Passage
  • Detectio Freti Hudsoni, or Hessel Gerritsz' Collection of Tracts by Himself, Massa and De Quir on the N.E. and W. Passage, Siberia and Australia
  • Hessel Gerritsz
  • Translated by Fred John Millard
  • Introduction by S. Muller
  • Published online:
    05 September 2015
    Print publication:
    19 March 2015
  • This short work contains texts and maps relating to early exploration and trade routes. Included here are descriptions of Russia and Siberia by Isaac Massa (1586–1643), a Dutch merchant and diplomat; one of the memorials relating to Pacific discoveries by the Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (c.1565–1615); and maps by the cartographer Hessel Gerritsz (c.1581–1632) showing the discoveries of the English navigator Henry Hudson (d.1611). Gerritsz originally compiled these materials and published them in Dutch, and they were soon translated into Latin to increase their readership. In the present work, first published in 1878, reproductions of the Dutch and Latin editions from 1612 and 1613 are presented together by Frederik Muller (1817–81). To encourage research on these texts, Muller also included a new English translation, and an explanatory essay by his son Samuel Muller (1848–1922).

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