| 书目名称 | Steam Power and Sea Power |
| 副标题 | Coal, the Royal Navy |
| 编辑 | Steven Gray |
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| 概述 | Argues that coal was a key facet of naval and imperial defence.Develops a new angle to the study of industrial commodities.Enhances our understanding of the connections and complexities of the British |
| 丛书名称 | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
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| 描述 | 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 around the world. In doing so, it shows that the ‘coal question’ was central to imperial defence and the protection of trade, requiring the creation of infrastructures that spanned the globe. This infrastructure required careful management, and the processes involved show the development of bureaucracy and the reliance on the ‘contractor state’ to ensure this was both robust and able to allow swift mobilisation in war. The requirement to stop regularly at foreign stations also brought men of the Royal navy into contact with local coal heavers, as well as indigenous populations and landscapes. These encounters and their dissemination are crucial to our understanding of imperial relationshipsand imaginations at the height of the imperial age. . |
| 出版日期 | Book 2018 |
| 关键词 | British Navy; Coal Consciousness; British Empire; Royal Navy; Coaling Station; Naval Labour; Coal Consensu |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57642-2 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-1-137-57642-2Series ISSN 2635-1633 Series E-ISSN 2635-1641 |
| issn_series | 2635-1633 |
| copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 |
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