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When the waves ruled Britannia : geography and political identities, 1500-1800 / Jonathan Scott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Jonathan, 1958- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National characteristics, British.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1558-1603.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1714.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1714-1820.
- Great Britain--History, Naval.
- Great Britain--Historical geography.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations.
- Great Britain--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 227 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How did a rural and agrarian English society transform itself into a mercantile and maritime state? What role was played by war and the need for military security? How did geographical ideas inform the construction of English - and then British - political identities? Focusing upon the deployment of geographical imagery and arguments for political purposes, Jonathan Scott's ambitious and interdisciplinary study traces the development of the idea of Britain as an island nation, state and then empire from 1500 to 1800, through literature, philosophy, history, geography and travel writing. One argument advanced in the process concerns the maritime origins, nature and consequences of the English revolution. This is the first general study to examine changing geographical languages in early modern British politics, in an imperial, European and global context. Offering a new perspective on the nature of early modern Britain, it will be essential reading for students and scholars of the period.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Britain's island idea
- 1. Community of water
- 2. Queen of Sparta
- 3. The discipline of the sea
- 4. Ark of war
- 5. Blowing a dead coal
- 6. The British empire in Europe
- 7. The world in an island
- 8. Anti-continentalism
- 9. What continent?
- Conclusion: floating islands.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-139-03628-9
- 1-107-21463-7
- 1-283-05460-4
- 9786613054609
- 0-511-92178-0
- 1-139-04174-6
- 1-139-04251-3
- 1-139-04515-6
- 1-139-03860-5
- 1-139-04097-9
- OCLC:
- 710974885
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