The Victorian Empire and Britain's Maritime World, 1837-1901

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • Miles Taylor

   Pages 1-18

3. ‘Now Is Come a Darker Day’: Britain, Venice and the Meaning of Sea Power

   • Andrew Lambert

   Pages 19-42

4. After Emancipation: Slavery, Freedom and the Victorian Empire

   • John Oldfield

   Pages 43-63

5. Cultural, Intellectual and Religious Networks: Britain’s Maritime Exchanges in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

   • John M. MacKenzie

   Pages 64-81

6. ‘We Never Make Mistakes’: Constructing the Empire of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company

   • Crosbie Smith

   Pages 82-112

7. Crossing the Seas: Problems and Possibilities for Queen Victoria’s Indian Subjects

   • Judith M. Brown

   Pages 113-128

8. Three Weeks’ Post Apart: British Children Travel the Empire

   • Elizabeth Buettner

   Pages 129-148

9. Insularity and Empire in the Late Nineteenth Century

   • Jan Rüger

   Pages 149-166

10. The Victorian Maritime Empire in Its Global Context

    • Jeremy Black

    Pages 167-187

11. Back Matter

    Pages 189-195

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A wide-ranging new survey of the role of the sea in Britain's global presence in the 19th century. Mostly at peace, but sometimes at war, Britain grew as a maritime empire in the Victorian era. This collection looks at British sea-power as a strategic, moral and cultural force.

• Britain
• empire
• Enzo Paci
• freedom
• global history
• Great Britain
• history
• history of literature
• India
• Indian
• liberty
• peace
• slavery
• subject
• Victorian era

'Taken together, the chapters collected here show how the Royal Navy secured the Pax Britannica of trade and diplomacy in the Victorian period, while British domination of global shipping lanes simultaneously created an international traffic in people, goods and ideas. As a result, this collection highlights the key role played by the maritime world in the Victorian British Empire.'

- John McAleer, University of Southampton, UK

'Miles Taylor's excellent edited collection on the Victorian maritime world is an encouraging indication of a new level of interest in this important period of the history of the oceans.' - Jonathan Hyslop, Journal of British Studies

• Institute of Historical Research, London, UK

  Miles Taylor

Jeremy Black, University of Exeter, UK Judith Brown, University of Oxford, UK Elizabeth Buettner, University of York, UK Andrew Lambert, King's College, London, UK John Mackenzie, Lancaster University, UK John Oldfield, University of Hull, UK Jan Rüger, Birkbeck College, London, UK Crosbie Smith, University of Kent, UK

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