Steam Power and Sea Power Coal, the Royal Navy, and the British Empire, c. 1870-1914 /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Gray, Steven (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
• Θέματα: Great Britain-History.; Imperialism.; World politics.; Economic history.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; Political History.; Economic History.

This book examines how the expansion of a steam-powered Royal Navy from the second half of the nineteenth century had wider ramifications across the British Empire. In particular, it considers how steam propulsion made vessels utterly dependent on a particular resource - coal - and its distribution...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Part I: The Rise of Coal Consciousness: Coal, State, and Imperial Defence
• Chapter 2 - Investigating the Coal Question
• Chapter 3 - From Coal Consciousness to Coal Consensus
• Part II: 'An Enormous System Under Splendid Control': The Development of a Coaling Infrastructure
• Chapter 4 - Sourcing Coal for the Navy
• Chapter 5 - Managing the Navy's Imperial Supply
• Part III - Coaling Labour
• Chapter 6 - 'Gifted with Strength That Is Not Human': Using Indigenous Labour for Coaling
• Chapter 7 - 'A Shadow Would Come Over the Ship': Using Naval Labour for Coaling
• Part IV - Sojourning at the Coaling Station
• Chapter 8 - A maritime community?
• Chapter 9 - Exploring the Station
• Chapter 10 - Epilogue. .