Steam power and sea power : coal, the Royal Navy, and the British Empire, c. 1870-1914 /

This book examines how the expansion of a steam-powered Royal Navy from the second half of the nineteenth century had wider ramifications across the British Empire. In particular, it considers how steam propulsion made vessels utterly dependent on a particular resource - coal - and its distribution...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gray, Steven (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Colección:Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
Temas:
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > History > 19th century.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy
Grossbritannien. > Navy.
1800-1899
Coal trade > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Steamboats > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Charbon > Industrie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Bateaux à vapeur > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Colonialism & imperialism.
Political science & theory.
Economic history.
British & Irish history.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
British colonies
Coal trade
Steamboats
Dampfkraft
Great Britain > Colonies > History.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire navale > 19e siècle.
Great Britain
Electronic books.
Naval history
History
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