Maritime history

Concentrates on the period 1790-1833, especially the early nineteenth century when the Bombay merchant fleet was at its zenith, studying the ships, their trade and the men who owned or sailed in them.

This is the history of Dutch influence on Japan during the so-called 'closed centuries' between 1640 and 1853.

Like the industrial revolution before it, the information technology revolution appears to be creating a new ruling class, a new economy and a new society.

Like the industrial revolution before it, the information technology revolution appears to be creating a new ruling class, a new economy and a new society.

This book argues that the role of the British East India Company in transforming warfare in South Asia has been overestimated.

This study eschews the uncritical acceptance of secondary sources that has characterized studies in this field, going back to and reinterpreting previously neglected primary sources, thereby enabling it to chart linkages between the European and Asian trades that have been regarded as parallel but unrelated (or at best competing) activities.

This study eschews the uncritical acceptance of secondary sources that has characterized studies in this field, going back to and reinterpreting previously neglected primary sources, thereby enabling it to chart linkages between the European and Asian trades that have been regarded as parallel but unrelated (or at best competing) activities.

Using diaries, journals, and correspondences, Druett recounts the daily grind surgeons on nineteenth-century whaling ships faced: the rudimentary tools they used, the treatments they had at their disposal, the sorts of people they encountered in their travels, and the dangers they faced under the harsh conditions of life at sea.

First published in 2006.

First published in 2006.

The Routledge History of the Modern Maritime World since 1500 provides a wide-ranging set of chapters, covering the sixteenth century to the present, which represent the main lines of current enquiry in maritime history.

This unique and comprehensive account describes the interplay of internal and external factors in the emergence of the Austro-Hungarian Navy from a coastal defence force in 1904 to a respectable battle force capable of the joint operations with other Triple Alliance fleets in the Mediterranean by the eve of World War I.

This unique and comprehensive account describes the interplay of internal and external factors in the emergence of the Austro-Hungarian Navy from a coastal defence force in 1904 to a respectable battle force capable of the joint operations with other Triple Alliance fleets in the Mediterranean by the eve of World War I.

Robert Mallett argues that the Duce's aggressive war against the Mediterranean powers, Britain and France, was to secure access to the world's oceans.

Robert Mallett argues that the Duce's aggressive war against the Mediterranean powers, Britain and France, was to secure access to the world's oceans.

This book provides the most comprehensive history of German migration to North America for the period 1709 to 1920 than has been done before.

This book provides the most comprehensive history of German migration to North America for the period 1709 to 1920 than has been done before.

This book charts the life and times of Captain William Adams who lived in the period of 1564 to 1620.

This book charts the life and times of Captain William Adams who lived in the period of 1564 to 1620.

First Published in 2005.

First Published in 2005.

With particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region, this book examines the rise and fall of sea powers.

With particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region, this book examines the rise and fall of sea powers.

First Published in 2005.

First Published in 2005.

First Published in 2005.

First Published in 2005.

This volume focuses on the history of the Alfred Booth and Company in Liverpool from 1863 to 1958.

This volume focuses on the history of the Alfred Booth and Company in Liverpool from 1863 to 1958.

In this fascinating and exciting overview, Donald B.

In this fascinating and exciting overview, Donald B.

First published in 1967, this superb collection of essays on trade in the Middle Ages has been a major contribution to modern medieval studies.

First published in 1967, this superb collection of essays on trade in the Middle Ages has been a major contribution to modern medieval studies.

The decline of Venice remains one of the classic episodes in the economic development of modern Europe.

,[A] fascinating volume, which establishes marine environmental history as a major new discipline for academics as well as an exciting way to bring history and the natural world alive for the public.

,[A] fascinating volume, which establishes marine environmental history as a major new discipline for academics as well as an exciting way to bring history and the natural world alive for the public.

Focussing on the mechanics of social change and the interaction between ethnic groups, cultures, structures and value systems the background questions of ecology, demography and history are also examined and the process of urbanization and rural revolution described.

Focussing on the mechanics of social change and the interaction between ethnic groups, cultures, structures and value systems the background questions of ecology, demography and history are also examined and the process of urbanization and rural revolution described.

Completely updated to include important primary research, archaeological findings and debates from the last decade, this third edition of F.

Completely updated to include important primary research, archaeological findings and debates from the last decade, this third edition of F.

The Age of Discovery explores one of the most dramatic features of the late medieval and early modern period: when voyagers from Western Europe led by Spain and Portugal set out across the world and established links with Africa, Asia and the Americas.

The Age of Discovery explores one of the most dramatic features of the late medieval and early modern period: when voyagers from Western Europe led by Spain and Portugal set out across the world and established links with Africa, Asia and the Americas.

Europe and the World, 1650-1830 is an important thematic study of the first age of globalisation.

Europe and the World, 1650-1830 is an important thematic study of the first age of globalisation.

Conflict is central to human history.

Originally published in 1890.

Originally published in 1890.

Conflict is central to human history.

First Published in 2000.

First Published in 2000.