Pax Britannica : ruling the waves and keeping the peace before armageddon / Barry Gough.
| Author/creator |
Gough, Barry M. author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. |
| Description | xxx, 347 pages, 24 pages of plates ; 24 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Britain and the world Britain and the world. ^A1108468 |
| Contents | Defining pax Britannica -- Empire of the seas -- Anchors of empire -- Surveying the seas, expanding the empire of science -- Informal and formal empires in the Americas -- Challenges of Europe, the mediterranean, and the Black Sea -- Indian Ocean, Singapore and the China seas -- Imperial web in the South Pacific -- Send a gunboat! -- Anti-slaver: West Africa and the Americas -- Treaty making and Dhow Chasing in the Indian Ocean -- Darkening horizons -- The lion and the eagle -- Trident bearers: the navy as Britannia's instrument -- Recessional: end of pax Britannica and the American inheritance. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2014019988 |
| ISBN | 9780230354302 |
| ISBN | 0230354300 (alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | DA530 .G66 2014 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |