Steam Power and Sea Power

Steam Power and Sea Power

Coal, the Royal Navy, and the British Empire, c. 1870-1914

Gray, Steven

Palgrave Macmillan

10/2017

289

Dura

Inglês

9781137576415

15 a 20 dias

5005


ebook

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Chapter 1 - Introduction.- Part I: The Rise of Coal Consciousness: Coal, State, and Imperial Defence.- Chapter 2 - Investigating the Coal Question.- Chapter 3 - From Coal Consciousness to Coal Consensus.- Part II: 'An Enormous System Under Splendid Control': The Development of a Coaling Infrastructure.- Chapter 4 - Sourcing Coal for the Navy.- Chapter 5 - Managing the Navy's Imperial Supply.- Part III - Coaling Labour.- Chapter 6 - 'Gifted with Strength That Is Not Human': Using Indigenous Labour for Coaling.- Chapter 7 - 'A Shadow Would Come Over the Ship': Using Naval Labour for Coaling.- Part IV - Sojourning at the Coaling Station.- Chapter 8 - A maritime community?.- Chapter 9 - Exploring the Station.- Chapter 10 - Epilogue.

British Navy;Coal Consciousness;British Empire;Royal Navy;Coaling Station;Naval Labour;Coal Consensus;Imperial Defence