Gunboats, empire and the China Station : the Royal Navy in 1920s East Asia / Matthew Heaslip.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heaslip, Matthew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Royal Navy. China Station--History.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Royal Navy--History--20th century.

British--East Asia--History--20th century.

British.

East Asia--History--20th century.

East Asia.

Great Britain--History, Naval--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 304 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Other Title:

Royal Navy in 1920s East Asia

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Examining Britain's imperial outposts in 1920s East Asia, this book explores the changes and challenges affecting the Royal Navy's third largest fleet, the China Station, as its crews fought to hold back the changing tides of fortune. Bridging the gap between high level naval strategy and everyday imperial culture, Heaslip highlights the importance of the China Station to the British imperial system, foreign policy and East Asian geopolitics, while also revealing the lived experiences of these imperial outposts. Following their immersion into a new world and the challenges they encountered along the way, it considers how its naval officers were perceived by the Chinese populations of the ports they visited, how the two communities interacted and what this meant at a time of 'peace'. Against the changing nature of Britain's informal empire in the 1920s, Gunboats, Empire and the China Station highlights the complex nature of naval operations in-between major conflicts, and calls into question how peaceful this peacetime truly was."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Joining the China Station

2 Between China and Japan, the China Station's strategic balance

3 Adapting to a new China in a violent peace

4 Technological development and imperial policing

5 Changing attitudes, ideas and approaches

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Examples of key warship types

Appendix 2: Timeline of senior officers

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781350181878

1350181870

9781350176195

1350176192

9781350176201

1350176206

OCLC:

1157813557