Islands and the British empire in the age of sail / edited by Douglas Hamilton and John McAleer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hamilton, Douglas, editor.

McAleer, John, editor.

Series:

Oxford history of the British Empire companion series.

Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islands--History.

Islands.

Great Britain--Colonies--History.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations (colour), maps (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Islands are not just geographical units or physical facts; their importance and significance arise from the human activities associated with them. The maritime routes of sailing ships, the victualling requirements of their sailors, and the strategic demands of seaborne empires in the age of sail - as well as their intrinsic value as sources of rare commodities - meant that islands across the globe played prominent parts in imperial consolidation and expansion. This volume examines the various ways in which islands (and groups of islands) contributed to the establishment, extension, and maintenance of the British Empire in the age of sail. Thematically related chapters explore the geographical, topographical, economic, and social diversity of the islands that comprised a large component of the British Empire in an era of rapid and significant expansion.

Contents:

Introduction: islands and the British Empire in the age of sail / Douglas Hamilton ; John McAleer

Islands, voyaging and empires in the age of sail / Stephen A. Royle

Britain's European island-empire, 1793-1815 / James Davey

Islands of settlement: Britain's western North Atlantic islands in the age of sail, 1497-1835 / Michael J. Jarvis

'Sailing on the same uncertain sea': the windward islands of the Caribbean / Douglas Hamilton

The route to the east: Atlantic islands and Britain's maritime empire / John McAleer

Britain's western Indian Ocean island-scape / Sarah Longair

Islands and the age of revolutions in the Indian and Pacific Oceans / Sujit Sivasundaram

Empire in Oceania: knowing the sea of islands / Alison Bashford

Islands of incarceration and empire building in colonial Australia / Katherine Roscoe

Afterword. Islands and the British Empire: from the age of sail to the age of steam / H. V. Bowen.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-188213-5

0-19-258655-6

OCLC:

1256238391