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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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK,
2018.
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
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| ISBN: | 9781137576422 |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- 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. .