| Description |
xiv, 383 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Miegunyah volumes ; 2nd ser., no. 46 |
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Miegunyah Press series ; 2nd ser., no. 46
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| Contents |
1. Vistas of Pacific Ocean trade 1740-1770 -- 2. The Seven Years War 1756-1763 -- 3. The exploration of the Indian and Pacific oceans 1764-1780 -- 4. Naval expansion and war 1764-1783 -- 5. The diplomatic struggle 1782-1788 -- 6. The search for bases and trade 1783-1786 -- 7. An encompassing vision 1784-1800 -- 8. The implementation of policy 1786-1789 -- 9. Nootka Sound 1787-1790 -- 10. Exploration, diplomacy and war 1790-1815 -- 11. The search for naval materials 1786-1815 -- 12. The merchant adventurers 1788-1815 |
| Summary |
"The Global Reach of Empire is a study of British maritime and imperial expansion in the Indian and Pacific oceans in this period. It encompasses seaborne discovery, strategy in wartime, and the creation of infrastructure necessary to support far-flung maritime activity, colonization and trade." "This was the first time in history that there was sufficient knowledge of the world available for people to conceive of it as a whole - and a group of British politicians did so with the purpose of creating a trans-Pacific trading empire that would link Europe, Asia and the Americas." |
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"Alan Frost places the colonization of Australia in a broad context and shows its relationship to other imperial strategies of the period. Based on twenty-five years research in archives around the world, The Global Reach of Empire offers new perspectives on Pacific exploration, war, imperial planning and the beginnings of modern Australia. It also examines the reasons behind the colonization of Australia, and shows the historical origins of the contemporary idea that the Pacific Rim countries will become the twenty-first century's most important economic area."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Maps on lining papers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-368) and index |
| Subject |
Sea-power -- Great Britain -- History.
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Globalization -- History.
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Imperialism -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
United Kingdom -- Colonies -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056645
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United Kingdom -- Commerce -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115235
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Great Britain -- History, Naval.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056843
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Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115234 -- History -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167
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Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115234 -- History -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006124
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Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115234
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United Kingdom -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100238
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United Kingdom -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100239
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United Kingdom -- Commerce -- History -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100268
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United Kingdom -- Commerce -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115235 -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012475
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Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056846
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Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056847
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Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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Indian Ocean Region http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064986 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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United Kingdom -- Colonies -- Oceania.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007184
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Indian Ocean Region http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064986 -- Colonization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562
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United Kingdom -- Colonies -- Asia.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007183
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Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Colonization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Naval history.
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| LC no. |
2003374221 |
| ISBN |
0522850502 |
