Steam Power and Sea Power Coal, the Royal Navy, and the British Empire, c. 1870-1914 /

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...

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1. Verfasser: Gray, Steven (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
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ISBN:9781137576422
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505 0 |a 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. . 
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