Roger Morriss

The Foundations of British Maritime Ascendancy

Resources, Logistics and the State, 1755 1815

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the fundamental role of the British state in facilitating the nation's global expansion and ascendancy in the eighteenth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 661g
• ISBN-13: 9781107670136
• ISBN-10: 1107670136
• Artikelnr.: 40307620

Autorenporträt

Roger Morriss is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, University of Exeter, and General Editor of the Navy Records Society. His previous publications include Naval Power and British Culture, 1760-1850: Public Trust and Government Ideology (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The British state in evolution
2. Defence and expansion
3. Economy and finance
4. Naval growth and infrastructure
5. Ordnance and technology
6. Manpower and motivation
7. Foodstuffs and victualling
8. Shipping and transportation
9. The supply of land forces overseas
10. Conclusion.