Seapower states : maritime culture, continental empires and the conflict that made the modern world /

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Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812--winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal--turns his attention to Athens, Carthage, Venice, the Dutch Republic, and Britain, examining how their identities as "seapowers" informed their actions and en...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lambert, Andrew D., 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
Temas:
1789-1900
Naval history.
Sea-power > Europe > History > 19th century.
Histoire navale.
Puissance maritime > Europe > Histoire > 19e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Sea-power
Naval history
Europe > History > 1789-1900.
Europe > History, Naval > 19th century.
Europe > Histoire > 1789-1900.
Europe > Histoire navale > 19e siècle.
Europe
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Introduction. Seapower as Culture
  • 1. Creating Seapower Identity
  • 2. Constructing a Seapower: Athens, Democracy and Empire
  • 3. Burning the Carthaginian Fleet
  • 4. Trade, War and Ceremony: The Venetian Seapower State
  • 5. 'To What Great Profit Are We Opening the Sea': The Dutch Seapower State
  • 6. Sea States and Overseas Empires: A Problem of Perspective
  • 7. The Limits of Continental Naval Power: Absolutism, Command Economies and One- Party States
  • 8. England: The Last Seapower
  • 9. Seapower Today
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX. Cultural Seapowers. A CONCEPTUAL AIDE- MÉMOIRE
  • GLOSSARY
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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