Naval History 1680-1850

Richard Harding

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9780815390589
• eBook ISBN:
  9781351125895
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

This collection of essays sets out to present a sample of the rich diversity of writings on naval history in this period. The collection covers subjects ranging from strategy, operations and tactics, to administration, technology and the maritime economy. Within this volume the reader will be able to see essays that influenced the development of modern naval history through to samples of some of the latest research.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Series Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Napoleon and the British Navy after Trafalgar
• 2 Parry of a Threat to India, 1768–1774
• 3 England vs Spain in America, 1739–1748: The Spanish Side of the Hill
• 4 The Defence of British Trade with the Baltic, 1808–1813
• 5 Preparing for the Russian War: British Strategic Planning, March 1853–March 1854
• 6 The Establishment of the Western Squadron as the Lynchpin of British Naval Strategy
• 7 Problems of an Amphibious Power: Britain against France, 1793–1815
• 8 Sailors and Gentlemen of Parade: Some Professional and Technical Problems Concerning the Conduct of Combined Operations in the Eighteenth Century
• 9 Wars, Blockade, and Economic Change in Europe, 1792–1815
• 10 The North Sea in Wartime, 1688–1713
• 11 A Means to an End: Gunboats and Thomas Jefferson’s Theory of Defense
• 12 The French Navy, 1748–1762: Problems and Perspectives
• 13 Bridge and Bulwark: The Swedish Navy and the Baltic, 1500–1809
• 14 Selīm III and the Ottoman Navy
• 15 The Methodology of British Amphibious Operations during the Seven Years and American Wars
• 16 Image and Reality in Eighteenth-Century Naval Tactics
• 17 Responding to the Nineteenth Century: The Royal Navy and the Introduction of the Screw Propeller
• 18 Admiralty Relations with the Treasury, 1783–1806: The Preparation of Naval Estimates and the Beginnings of Treasury Control
• 19 The Earl of Egmont and the Navy, 1763–6
• 20 Financing the French Navy in the Seven Years War: Beaujon, Goossens et Compagnie in 1759
• 21 Efficiency in Dockyard Administration 1660–1800: A Reassessment
• 22 From Shipwright to Naval Constructor: The Professionalizaion of the 18th-Century French Naval Shipbuilders
• 23 Graving Docks in France and Spain before 1800
• 24 The Introduction of Copper Sheathing into the Royal Navy, 1779–1786
• 25 The Rebuilding of British Warships, 1690–1740
• 26 The Rebuilding and Repair of the Fleet, 1783–93
• 27 War and the Market for Seafarers in Britain, 1736–1792
• 28 Officers, Gentlemen and their Education, 1793–1860
• Name Index