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Britain's maritime empire : Southern Africa, the South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean, 1763-1820
- Title
- Britain's maritime empire : Southern Africa, the South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean, 1763-1820 / John McAleer.
- Author
- McAleer, John
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 277 pages : map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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 centre of a maritime chain that connected seas and continents, this gateway bridged the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, which, with its commercial links and strategic requirements, formed a global web that reflected the development of the British Empire in the period. The book examines how contemporaries perceived, understood and represented this area; the ways in which it worked as an alternative hub of empire, enabling the movement of people, goods, and ideas, as well as facilitating information and intelligence exchanges; and the networks of administration, security and control that helped to cement British imperial power"--
- Subjects
- Great Britain
- British
- Management
- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) > Politics and government > 1795-1872
- History
- Great Britain > Foreign relations
- Great Britain > Colonies > Africa > History
- Great Britain > Colonies > Asia > History
- Asia
- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) > History > 1795-1872
- Great Britain > Colonies > Administration > History
- British colonies
- 1795-1872
- Politics and government
- British > South Africa > Cape of Good Hope
- Africa
- Diplomatic relations
- South Africa > Cape of Good Hope
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : the master link of connection -- The key to India : consolidating the gateway to the East -- A sword in the hands : European rivals, imperial designs, colonial problems -- A constant and unreserved correspondence : networks of knowledge exchange -- The great outwork and bulwark of India : troops, military manoeuvres and defending the eastern empire -- Conclusions : the connection between the settlements becomes more intimate.
- Call Number
- Sc E 17-700
- ISBN
- 9781107100725
- 1107100720
- LCCN
- 2015036419
- 40026744372
- OCLC
- 923794008
- Author
- McAleer, John, author.
- Title
- Britain's maritime empire : Southern Africa, the South Atlantic and the Indian Ocean, 1763-1820 / John McAleer.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1795-1872
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40026744372
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 17-700