Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: Imperial Seas: Cultural Exchange and Commerce in the British Empire, 1780–1900
- 2 From Slaves to Palm Oil: Afro-European Commercial Relations in the Bight of Biafra, 1741–1841
- 3 ‘Pirate Water’: Sailing to Belize in the Mahogany Trade
- 4 Cape to Siberia: The Indian Ocean and China Sea Trade in Equids
- 5 Aden, British India and the Development of Steam Power in the Red Sea, 1825–1839
- 6 The Heroic Age of the Tin Can: Technology and Ideology in British Arctic Exploration, 1818–1835
- 7 The Proliferation and Diffusion of Steamship Technology and the Beginnings of ‘New Imperialism’
- 8 Lakes, Rivers and Oceans: Technology, Ethnicity and the Shipping of Empire in the Late Nineteenth Century
- 9 Making Imperial Space: Settlement, Surveying and Trade in Northern Australia in the Nineteenth Century
- 10 Hydrography, Technology, Coercion: Mapping the Sea in Southeast Asian Imperialism, 1850–1900
- 11 Pains, Perils and Pastimes: Emigrant Voyages in the Nineteenth Century
- 12 Ordering Shanghai: Policing a Treaty Port, 1854–1900
- 13 Toward a People’s History of the Sea
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: Imperial Seas: Cultural Exchange and Commerce in the British Empire, 1780–1900
- 2 From Slaves to Palm Oil: Afro-European Commercial Relations in the Bight of Biafra, 1741–1841
- 3 ‘Pirate Water’: Sailing to Belize in the Mahogany Trade
- 4 Cape to Siberia: The Indian Ocean and China Sea Trade in Equids
- 5 Aden, British India and the Development of Steam Power in the Red Sea, 1825–1839
- 6 The Heroic Age of the Tin Can: Technology and Ideology in British Arctic Exploration, 1818–1835
- 7 The Proliferation and Diffusion of Steamship Technology and the Beginnings of ‘New Imperialism’
- 8 Lakes, Rivers and Oceans: Technology, Ethnicity and the Shipping of Empire in the Late Nineteenth Century
- 9 Making Imperial Space: Settlement, Surveying and Trade in Northern Australia in the Nineteenth Century
- 10 Hydrography, Technology, Coercion: Mapping the Sea in Southeast Asian Imperialism, 1850–1900
- 11 Pains, Perils and Pastimes: Emigrant Voyages in the Nineteenth Century
- 12 Ordering Shanghai: Policing a Treaty Port, 1854–1900
- 13 Toward a People’s History of the Sea
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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- Maritime EmpiresBritish Imperial Maritime Trade in the Nineteenth Century, pp. xiiPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2004