| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 354 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
ACLS Humanities E-Book
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: The Industrial Revolution and the Navy -- 2. Strategic Parameters -- 3. Administration, Politics, and Economics -- 4. Derby, Disraeli, and a Mutinous Admiralty, 1866-1868 -- 5. Hugh Childers at the Admiralty, 1868-1870 -- 6. Of Captains and Lords -- 7. Collapse and Recovery, 1870-1874 -- 8. Politics, Finance, and the Navy, 1874-1880 -- 9. Admiralty Administration: Childers, Goschen, and the Historians -- 10. Rivals -- 11. Strategic Planning and Imperial Defense -- 12. Conclusion -- 13. Epilogue: The End of an Era |
| Summary |
This book examines British naval policy during the mid-Victorian period, with an emphasis on the political, economic, and foreign relations contexts within which naval policy was formulated. This period has sometimes been characterized as the "dark age" of modern British naval history, reflecting not only the comparative lack of research on the period, but also the marginal role played by the Royal Navy during a time of peace. The author takes a fresh look at the navy's role, which traditionally has been viewed negatively in the wake of the reconceptualization of naval strategy brought about by Mahan and the changed global circumstances of the 1890's |
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Against a background of rapid industrialization and economic transformation, the author describes the structure of British naval administration in the Gladstone-Disraeli era, assesses the important reforms of that structure by the Liberal politician Hugh Childers, and examines the strategic and operational contexts of the navy itself |
| Notes |
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Illinois |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-344) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. |
| Subject |
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898.
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Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881.
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| SUBJECT |
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881. fast (OCoLC)fst01800791 |
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Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. fast (OCoLC)fst00031373 |
| Subject |
Military policy.
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Regions & Countries - Europe.
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History & Archaeology.
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Great Britain.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056847
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056823
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Great Britain -- Military policy
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| Subject |
Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Naval history.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
97033038 |
| ISBN |
0804729816 |
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9780804729819 |
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