War in the early modern world / edited by Jeremy Black.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Black, Jeremy, editor.

Series:

Warfare and history.

Warfare and History Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military art and science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A collection of essays charting the developments in military practice and warfare across the world in the early modern and modern periods.

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Contributors notes; Preface; Chapter One Introduction; The rise of the West; Technological change; Military developments and state-building; Notes; Further reading; General; Important works not covered in other lists include; Chapter Two Warfare at sea 1450-1815; Maritime trade, state formation and warfare at sea; A Eurocentric form of warfare; Constraints on early modern naval warfare: climate, human endurance and technology; Changing frameworks and maritime expansion: warfare at sea, 1450-1650

Bureaucratic battle fleets: warfare at sea, 1650-1720Oceanic and continental power struggles: warfare at sea, 1720-1815; Further reading; Chapter Three Warfare in Japan 1467-1600; Notes; Further reading; Chapter Four War and warfare in China 1450-1815; The Battle of Tumu to the death of Hideyoshi; The rise of Nurhaci and the Liaodong campaign; The Qing conquest; Yongzheng and Qianlong's reigns; Conclusion; Notes; Further Reading; Chapter Five Warhorse and gunpowder in India1 c. 1000-1850; Introduction; The inner frontier; Fitna; The horse-warrior revolution (1000-1200)

Sieges and forts (1200-1400)The false dawn of gunpowder (1400-1750); The gunpowder revolution (1750-1850); Conclusion; Notes; Further reading; General; Elephants and horses; Gunpowder; Fortification and sieges; The military labour market; Regional developments; East India Company; Chapter Six Warfare, slave trading and European influence: Atlantic Africa 1450-1800; The geographical background; The art of war in sixteenth century Africa; Europeans in African war; War and the slave trade; Notes; Further reading; Chapter Seven Ottoman war and warfare 1453-1812; Introduction

The formative period 1300-1453The imperial age 1453-1566; The limits of empire 1566-1699; The compromise 1699-1812; Notes; Further reading; General; 1300-1453: the formative period; 1453-1566: the imperial age; 1566-1699: the limits of empire; 1699-1812: the compromise; Chapter Eight European warfare 1450-1815; 1450-1530; 1530-1660; 1660-1720; 1720-89; 1789-1815; Notes; Further reading; Chapter Nine War, politics and the conquest of Mexico; Cortés and the conquest of Mexico1; Explaining the conquest; Reinterpreting the conquest; Notes; Further reading

Chapter Ten European-Native American warfare in North America, 1513-1815Notes; Further reading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786610144013

9781000159233

100015923X

9781135361563

1135361568

9781280144011

1280144017

9780203981221

0203981227

9781283707558

1283707551

9781135361570

1135361576

OCLC:

299572766