Research Catalog

Title

Islands and the British Empire in the age of sail / edited by Douglas Hamilton and John McAleer.

Publication

• Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hamilton, Douglas
• McAleer, John

Description

xvi, 211 pages : maps; 25 cm.

Summary

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 in the age of sail - as well as their intrinsic value as sources of rare commodities - meant that islands across the globe played prominent parts in imperial consolidation and expansion. This volume examines the various ways in which islands (and groups of islands) contributed to the establishment, extension, and maintenance of the British Empire in the age of sail. Thematically related chapters explore the geographical, topographical, economic, and social diversity of the islands that comprised a large component of the British Empire in an era of rapid and significant expansion.

Series Statement

The Oxford history of the British Empire. Companion series

Uniform Title

Oxford history of the British Empire companion series.

Subject

• Marine resources > Great Britain > History
• Islands > Great Britain
• Islands > Economic aspects
• British colonies
• Islands
• Marine resources
• Military readiness
• Great Britain > Colonies > Defenses
• Great Britain

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: islands and the British Empire in the age of sail / Douglas Hamilton ; John McAleer -- Islands, voyaging and empires in the age of sail / Stephen A. Royle -- Britain's European island-empire, 1793-1815 / James Davey -- Islands of settlement: Britain's western North Atlantic islands in the age of sail, 1497-1835 / Michael J. Jarvis -- 'Sailing on the same uncertain sea': the windward islands of the Caribbean / Douglas Hamilton -- The route to the east: Atlantic islands and Britain's maritime empire / John McAleer -- Britain's western Indian Ocean island-scape / Sarah Longair -- Islands and the age of revolutions in the Indian and Pacific Oceans / Sujit Sivasundaram -- Empire in Oceania: knowing the sea of islands / Alison Bashford -- Islands of incarceration and empire building in colonial Australia / Katherine Roscoe -- Afterword. Islands and the British Empire: from the age of sail to the age of steam / H. V. Bowen.

Call Number

JFE 21-7873

ISBN

• 9780198847229
• 019884722X

OCLC

1227693422

Title

Islands and the British Empire in the age of sail / edited by Douglas Hamilton and John McAleer.

Publisher

Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The Oxford history of the British Empire. Companion series

Oxford history of the British Empire companion series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Hamilton, Douglas, editor.

McAleer, John, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 21-7873