Maritime history

An investigation of the Atlantic origins of the American Revolution, focusing on the British navy''s impressment of American ships and mariners.

An empirical analysis of the global ocean''s most contested maritime territory, the South China Sea and its agents of contest.

An empirical analysis of the global ocean''s most contested maritime territory, the South China Sea and its agents of contest.

The Law of the Whale Hunt examines how property law was created in the absence of legal institutions regulating whaling in early America.

Analyses the critical role played by the maritime gateway to Asia around the Cape of Good Hope in the development of the British Empire.

The Law of the Whale Hunt examines how property law was created in the absence of legal institutions regulating whaling in early America.

Analyses the critical role played by the maritime gateway to Asia around the Cape of Good Hope in the development of the British Empire.

This fascinating study examines how Victorian fixation on disastrous Northwest Passage expeditions has conditioned our understanding of the Arctic and Polar exploration.

This fascinating study examines how Victorian fixation on disastrous Northwest Passage expeditions has conditioned our understanding of the Arctic and Polar exploration.

This book approaches the English Channel as a border which connected, as much as it separated, France and England in the eighteenth century.

This book approaches the English Channel as a border which connected, as much as it separated, France and England in the eighteenth century.

This book explores American maritime world, including cursing, language, logbooks, storytelling, sailor songs, reading, and material culture.

This book explores American maritime world, including cursing, language, logbooks, storytelling, sailor songs, reading, and material culture.

This book examines China''s conduct in its maritime disputes in order to analyse Beijing''s foreign policy intentions in general.

This book examines China''s conduct in its maritime disputes in order to analyse Beijing''s foreign policy intentions in general.

A major new interpretation of the Zheng family of merchants and militarists, who dominated the seventeenth-century China Seas.

A major new interpretation of the Zheng family of merchants and militarists, who dominated the seventeenth-century China Seas.

Never previously seen reports and plans marked restricted and classified have been sourced from Britannia Royal Naval College's Archive.

New naval history of the First World War which reveals the contribution of the war at sea to Allied victory.

New naval history of the First World War which reveals the contribution of the war at sea to Allied victory.

Pioneering study of the transition from war to peace and the birth of humanitarian rights after the Great War.

Pioneering study of the transition from war to peace and the birth of humanitarian rights after the Great War.

This book explores the development of the global economy in the twentieth century through the lens of the European maritime infrastructure.

This book explores the development of the global economy in the twentieth century through the lens of the European maritime infrastructure.

A review of underwater archaeology offering a clear exposition of new developments in undersea technologies.

A review of underwater archaeology offering a clear exposition of new developments in undersea technologies.

Man lives on land, but the seas of the world are crucial to his lot.

From 1650 to 1750 the provision of medical care for injured seamen in the Royal Navy underwent a major transformation, shifting from care provided by civilians in private homes to care at hospitals run by the navy.

In ›Die Erfindung der Freibeuter‹ tauchen Leserinnen und Leser in eine faszinierende Welt ein, in der die Grenzen zwischen Legende und Realität verschwimmen.

The Russian conquest of Siberia was an event of which the consequences have only slowly become apparent.

The Russian conquest of Siberia was an event of which the consequences have only slowly become apparent.

On the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking, a prominent Titanic researcher offers a final chance to see the ship before it disappears forever The Titanic was the biggest, most luxurious passenger ship the world had ever seen; the ads proclaimed it to be unsinkable.

This pioneering research brings into focus the Islamic contribution and influence in the development of the modern law of the sea.

This volume brings together scholars of Mediterranean archaeology, ancient history, and complexity science to advance the study of maritime connectivity.

This revealing portrait of the oceanic Dutch Empire exposes the maritime world as a catalyst for the downfall of European imperialism.

Takes an in-depth look into the war victim''s right to reparation from the seventeenth century until the present day.

This comparative study of piracy and maritime violence provides a fresh understanding of European overseas expansion and colonisation in Asia.

Takes an in-depth look into the war victim''s right to reparation from the seventeenth century until the present day.

This pioneering research brings into focus the Islamic contribution and influence in the development of the modern law of the sea.

This study of shipping makes visible a sector that has led European economic growth for centuries, yet rarely appears in business or economic histories.

Argues that Qing China was not just a continental empire, but a maritime power protecting its interests at sea.

This study of shipping makes visible a sector that has led European economic growth for centuries, yet rarely appears in business or economic histories.

This comparative study of piracy and maritime violence provides a fresh understanding of European overseas expansion and colonisation in Asia.

This revealing portrait of the oceanic Dutch Empire exposes the maritime world as a catalyst for the downfall of European imperialism.

An innovative legal history of economic life in the Western Indian Ocean, charting the emergence of a trans-oceanic contractual culture.

An innovative legal history of economic life in the Western Indian Ocean, charting the emergence of a trans-oceanic contractual culture.

The experiences of men who fought at sea reveal the relationship between discipline, leadership, and the strength of the fleet.

This book situates protection at the centre of the global history of empires, thus advancing a new perspective on world history.

An innovative account of the trials and tribulations of first-generation Victorian mail steamship lines, their passengers and the public.

An innovative account of the trials and tribulations of first-generation Victorian mail steamship lines, their passengers and the public.