Empire, the Sea and Global History: Britain's Maritime World, C.1760-C.1840 - Hardcover

by D. Cannadine (Editor)

The essays in this collection offer the path-breaking research of leading scholars to explore the significance and complexities of Britain's maritime world in this key period through a series of thematic discussions, comparing similar and contrasting movements and events.

Author Biography

MAXINE BERG Professor of History, University of Warwick, UK STEPHEN CONWAY Professor of Early Modern History, University College London, UK RICHARD DRAYTON Senior Lecturer in Imperial History, University of Cambridge, UK FELIPE FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO Prince of Asturias Professor of History, Tufts University, USA CATHERINE HALL Professor of Modern History, University College London, UK P.J. MARSHALL Professor Emeritus of Imperial History, Kings College, London. PHILIP MORGAN Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the American Revolutionary Era, Princeton University, USA SIMON SCHAFFER Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, UK